¹ Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?

¹⁵ Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;

¹ For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

¹ Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:

²¹ Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.

²² Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

²³ Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

¹ Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

¹⁶ They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

³ As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

⁸ Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

⁹ What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

¹⁰ With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

¹⁸ Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;

² He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples.

³ All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings.