“Has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.

For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.

But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.

The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”

It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them.

Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

I hate the mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked.

A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.

He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me.

They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat.

Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the Lord holds his hand.

But the Lord does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.

I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.