As God is my witness
The heavens are witness to the truth of my words. ‘My witness is on high.’ Figuratively: I swear.
(“But even now, behold — my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.” — Job 16:19. “‘My witness is in heaven’ — Benjamin apologizes at one point in his book that he was not involved in politics at all.” — Mendele Mokher Sefarim, The Travels of Benjamin the Third, p. 55.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בַּשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי
Definition (Hebrew)
הַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִים לִנְכוֹנוּת דְּבָרַי. "שָׂהֲדִי בַּמְּרוֹמִים". בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אֲנִי נִשְׁבָּע.
("גַּם עַתָּה הִנֵּה בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי וְשָׂהֲדִי בַּמְּרוֹמִים"- אִיּוֹב טז יט, וְכֵן:"עֲדֵי בַּשָּׁמַיִם-מִתְנַצֵּל בִּנְיָמִין בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד בְּסִפְרוֹ- שֶׁלֹּא הָיִיתִי מִתְעָרֵב כְּלָל בַּפּוֹלִיטִיקָה"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלָשִׁי, נ"ה)