he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts,while you were searching for words.

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

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?

Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

“How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,

O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

If I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!