8. It is like the heights of Shomayim; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; of what canst thou have da'as?
9. The measure thereof is longer than ha'aretz, and broader than the yam (sea).
10. When Eloah passes by and arrests and convenes for judgment, who then can constrain Him?
11. For He has da'as of deceitful men; He seeth wickedness also; will He not then take note of it?
12. But before a witless ish can become wise, a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam!
13. If thou direct thine lev, and stretch out thine hands to Him,
14. If iniquity be in thine yad, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy ohalim.
15. For then shalt thou lift up thy face without mum; yea, thou shalt be firm, and shalt not fear,
16. Because thou shalt forget thy amal (grief), and remember it as waters that flow by,
17. And thine cheled (duration of life) shall be brighter than the tzohorayim (noonday); thou shalt shine forth; thou shalt be as the boker.