¹⁰ Whatever exists has already been named,^(A)
    and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
    with someone who is stronger.

³² “He is not a mere mortal^(A) like me that I might answer him,^(B)
    that we might confront each other in court.^(C)

⁹ “Woe to those who quarrel^(A) with their Maker,^(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds^(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,^(D)
    ‘What are you making?’^(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?^(F)
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
    ‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
    ‘What have you brought to birth?’

² “Will the one who contends with the Almighty^(A) correct him?^(B)
    Let him who accuses God answer him!”^(C)

¹⁹ “Like a lion^(A) coming up from Jordan’s thickets^(B)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like^(C) me and who can challenge me?^(D)
    And what shepherd^(E) can stand against me?”

¹⁵ Whatever is has already been,^(A)
    and what will be has been before;^(B)
    and God will call the past to account.^[a]

¹³ Why do you complain to him^(A)
    that he responds to no one’s words^[a]?^(B)

“Cursed^(B) is the ground^(C) because of you;
    through painful toil^(D) you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.^(E)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles^(F) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.^(G)
19 By the sweat of your brow^(H)
    you will eat your food^(I)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”^(J)