1. Then Job, responding to the Lord, said:
2. I know that you are able to do all things, and that no thoughts are hidden from you.
3. So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge.
4. Listen, and I will speak. I will question you, and you may answer me.
5. By paying attention with the ear, I have heard you, but now my eye sees you.
6. Therefore, I find myself reprehensible, and I will do penance in embers and ashes.