²² Then summon me and I will answer,^(A)
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.^(B)

¹⁵ You will call and I will answer you;^(A)
    you will long for the creature your hands have made.^(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)

⁴ “I am unworthy^(A)—how can I reply to you?
    I put my hand over my mouth.^(B)
5 I spoke once, but I have no answer^(C)—
    twice, but I will say no more.”^(D)

³ Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(A)

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)

¹⁶ Even if I summoned him and he responded,
    I do not believe he would give me a hearing.^(A)