⁵ I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me.

² I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me, Show me why you contend with me.

²² Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and you answer me.

²³ How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.

² "I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

³ You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

⁴ You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

⁵ I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees you.

⁶ Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."

³ But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self.

⁴ For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.