Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

“Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything.

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

“Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.

My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.

People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God.

“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

“Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?

If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.