²² Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

¹⁵ Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

¹⁶ If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

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

³ Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

⁴ Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

⁵ Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

³ Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

⁴ Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁵ I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

⁶ Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.