If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, ‘Who will summon me?’

But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

Make then my pledge with you. Who else will put up security for me?

O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.

“If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

“O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

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

“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,

Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew?

Who can open the doors of its mouth? Its teeth all around are fearsome.

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

O God, your deeds are extraordinary! What god can compare to our great God?

Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?

Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord’s acts of loyal love!