God

Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,

that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—

though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:

If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’

But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.

Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.