⁴ Do you have eyes of flesh?
    Do you see as a mortal sees?^(A)
5 Are your days like those of a mortal
    or your years like those of a strong man,^(B)

³ You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’^(A)
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.^(B)

⁴ “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’^(C)
5 My ears had heard of you^(D)
    but now my eyes have seen you.^(E)
6 Therefore I despise myself^(F)
    and repent^(G) in dust and ashes.”^(H)