³ And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

² And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.

³ Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

⁴ What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

¹⁷ What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

¹⁸ And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

¹⁹ If `we speak' of strength, lo, `he is' mighty! And if of justice, Who, `saith he', will summon me?

²⁰ Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

³² For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

²⁵ Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

²⁷ Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

¹⁹ Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: