“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

“The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?

or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.

If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments,

Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”

If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?