“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.

It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.

he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,

although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.

Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.

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

“Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.

Because he covered his face with fat, and made his hips bulge with fat,

God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.