21  I am blameless; I regard not myself;

^cI loathe my life.

22  It is all one; therefore I say,

‘He destroys ^dboth the blameless and the wicked.’

23  When disaster brings sudden death,

he mocks at the calamity¹ of the innocent.

24  The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;

^ehe covers the faces of its judges—

if it is not he, who then is it?

25  ^f“My days are swifter than a runner;

they flee away; they see no good.

26  They go by like skiffs of reed,

like an eagle swooping on the prey.

27  If I say, ‘I will forget my ^gcomplaint,

I will put off my sad face, and ^hbe of good cheer,’

28  I become afraid of all my suffering,

for I know ⁱyou will not hold me innocent.

29  ^jI shall be condemned;

why then do I labor in vain?

30  If I wash myself with ^ksnow

and cleanse my hands ^lwith lye,

31  yet you will plunge me into a pit,

and my own clothes will abhor me.

32  For ^mhe is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,

that we should come to trial together.

33  ⁿThere is no² arbiter between us,

who might lay his hand on us both.

34  Let him take his ^orod away from me,

and ^plet not dread of him terrify me.

35  Then I would speak without fear of him,

for I am not so in myself.

“O Tyre, you have said,

‘I am ^yperfect in beauty.’

4  Your borders are in the heart of the seas;

your builders made perfect your beauty.

5  They made all your planks

of fir trees from Senir;

they took a cedar from Lebanon

to make a mast for you.

6  Of ^zoaks of Bashan

they made your oars;

they made your deck of pines

from the coasts of Cyprus,

inlaid with ivory.

7  Of fine embroidered ^alinen from Egypt

was your sail,

serving as your banner;

blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah

was your awning.

8  The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad

were your rowers;

your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;

they were your pilots.

9  The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you,

caulking your seams;

all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you

to barter for your wares.

26  “Your rowers have brought you out

into the high seas.

The ^deast wind has wrecked you

in the heart of the seas.

27  Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,

your mariners and your pilots,

your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,

and all your men of war who are in you,

with all your crew

that is in your midst,

sink into the heart of the seas

on the day of your fall.

28  At the sound of the cry of your pilots

the countryside shakes,

29  and down from their ships

come all who handle the oar.

The mariners and all the pilots of the sea

stand on the land

30  and shout aloud over you

and cry out bitterly.

They cast dust on their heads

and ^ewallow in ashes;

31  they make themselves ^fbald for you

and put sackcloth on their waist,

and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,

with bitter mourning.

32  In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you

and lament over you:

‘Who is like Tyre,

like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

33  When your wares came from the seas,

you satisfied many peoples;

with your abundant wealth and merchandise

you enriched the kings of the earth.

34  Now you are wrecked by the seas,

in the depths of the waters;

your merchandise and all your crew in your midst

have sunk with you.

35  All the inhabitants of the coastlands

are appalled at you,

and the hair of their kings ^gbristles with horror;

their faces are convulsed.

36  The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;

you have come to a ^hdreadful end

and shall be no more forever.’”

“Because your ⁱheart is proud,

and you have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,’

yet you are but a man, and no god,

though you make your heart like the heart of a god—

3  ^jyou are indeed ^kwiser than Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

4  by your wisdom and your understanding

you have made wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

5  by your great wisdom in your trade

you have increased your wealth,

and your heart has become proud in your wealth—

6  therefore thus says the Lord God:

Because you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

7  therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you,

^lthe most ruthless of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom

and defile your splendor.

8  They shall thrust you down into the pit,

and you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

9  Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though you are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

10  ^mYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

“You were the signet of perfection,⁴

full of wisdom and ^operfect in beauty.

13  You were in ^pEden, the ^qgarden of God;

every precious stone was your covering,

sardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,⁵ emerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.⁶

On the day that you were created

they were prepared.

14  You were an anointed guardian cherub.

I placed you;⁷ you were on the ^rholy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

15  You were blameless in your ways

from the day you were created,

till unrighteousness was found in you.

16  In the abundance of your trade

you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;

so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,

and I destroyed you,⁸ O guardian cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

17  Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I exposed you before kings,

to feast their eyes on you.

18  By the multitude of your iniquities,

in the unrighteousness of your trade

you profaned your sanctuaries;

so I brought fire out from your midst;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

in the sight of all who saw you.

19  All who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you;

you have come to a ^sdreadful end

and shall be no more forever.”

“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,

and I will ^tmanifest my glory in your midst.

And they shall know that I am the Lord

when I execute judgments in her

and ^umanifest my holiness in her;

23  for I will send ^vpestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the slain shall fall in her midst,

by the sword that is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.