God

Hast thou eyes of flesh: or, shalt thou see as man seeth?

Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men:

That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand?

Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me wholly round about, and dost thou thus cast me down headlong on a sudden?

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust

Hast thou not milked me as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Although thou conceal these things in thy heart, yet I know that thou rememberest all things.

If I have sinned, and thou hast spared me for an hour: why dost thou not suffer me to be clean from my iniquity?

And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.

And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning, thou tormentest me wonderfully.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and multipliest thy wrath upon me, and pains war against me.

Why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? O that I had been consumed, that eye might not see me!

For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.

And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee,

That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.

Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?

If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?

For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?

But thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.

He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn.

The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath made all these things?

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.