^{6 Ref} Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I am also formed out of the clay.

^{7 Ref} Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

^{8 Ref} "Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

^{9 Ref} 'I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

^{10 Ref} Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy:

^{11 Ref} He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.'

^{12 Ref} "Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just; For God is greater than man.

^{13 Ref} Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

^{14 Ref} For God speaks once, Yes twice, though man pays no attention.

^{15 Ref} In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, In slumbering on the bed;

^{16 Ref} Then he opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,

^{17 Ref} That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.

^{18 Ref} He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.