I too will answer my part, I too will explain what I know.

But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!

At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!

But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot – a son of man, who is only a worm!”

Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One,

Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.

He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.