7. Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
8. Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
9. Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
10. Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
11. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
12. Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13. +God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
14. How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words to strive with him?
15. Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
16. If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, --
17. He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18. He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
19. Be it a question of strength, lo, he is strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
20. If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
21. Were I perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22. It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23. If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
24. The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked man; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?