<p class="poetry">Why<n id="1" /> do I put myself in peril,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and take my life in my hands?p>

<p class="poetry">How many are my<n id="1" /> iniquities and sins?p> <p class="poetry">Show me my transgression and my sin.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">What do you know that we don&#8217;t know?p> <p class="poetry">What do you understand that we don&#8217;t understand?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">What is man that he should be pure,p> <p class="poetry">or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?p>

<p class="poetry">Will<n id="1" /> there be an end to your<n id="2" /> windy words?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Or what provokes<n id="4" /> you that you answer?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you pursue me like God does?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you never be satiated with my flesh?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For what is his interest<n id="1" /> in his homep> <p class="poetry">after his death,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when the number of his monthsp> <p class="poetry">has been broken off?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you have said, &#8216;What does God know?p> <p class="poetry">Does he judge through such deep darkness?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They were saying to God, &#8216;Turn away from us,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and &#8216;What can the Almighty do to us?&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I would know with what words<n id="1" /> he would answer me,p> <p class="poetry">and understand what he would say to me.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;How you have helped<n id="1" /> the powerless!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How you have saved the person who has no strength!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How you have advised the one without wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">and abundantly<n id="1" /> revealed your insight!p>

<p class="poetry">If you yourselves have all seen this,p> <p class="poetry">Why in the world<n id="1" /> do you continue this meaningless talk?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Moreover, the strength of their<n id="1" /> hands &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">what use was it to me?p> <p class="poetry">Men whose strength<n id="2" /> had perished;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;I made a covenant with<n id="1" /> my eyes;p> <p class="poetry">how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">What then would be one&#8217;s lot from God above,p> <p class="poetry">one&#8217;s heritage from the Almighty<n id="1" /> on high?p>

<p class="poetry">Let us evaluate<n id="1" /> for ourselves what is right;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">let us come to know among ourselves what is good.p>

<p class="poetry">Tell us what we should<n id="1" /> say to him.p> <p class="poetry">We cannot prepare a case<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the darkness.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Indeed, I am completely unworthy<n id="1" /> &#8211; how could I reply to you?p> <p class="poetry">I put<n id="2" /> my hand over my mouth to silence myself.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Will you never<n id="1" /> look away from me,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will you not let me alone<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">long enough to swallow my spittle?p>