³⁰ Is there any injustice on my tongue?
    Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

¹¹ Does not ^(A)the ear test words
    as the palate tastes food?

⁶ Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
    or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?^[a]

^3 (A)‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    things ^(B)too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
⁴ ‘Hear, and I will speak;
    ^(C)I will question you, and you make it known to me.’
⁵ I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;
⁶ therefore I despise myself,
    and repent^[a] in ^(D)dust and ashes.”