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

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.

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.

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom – for true wisdom has two sides – so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?

For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace