For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’

Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?

For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.

For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.

then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly.