You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me.

then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse –

Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.

But now, the sun cannot be looked at – it is bright in the skies – after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

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

And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is.”

Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

Smoke streams from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning rushes.

a trembling gripped me – and a terror! – and made all my bones shake.

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

And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?

But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield!

He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!

“This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back – because of my feelings within me.

Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths.