⁵ Look at me and be stunned.
    Put your hand over your mouth in shock.

⁴ “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers?
    I will cover my mouth with my hand.

⁹ The princes stood in silence
    and put their hands over their mouths.

³² If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,
    cover your mouth in shame.

¹⁶ All the nations of the world will stand amazed
    at what the Lord will do for you.
They will be embarrassed
    at their feeble power.
They will cover their mouths in silent awe,
    deaf to everything around them.

¹³ So those who are smart keep their mouths shut,
    for it is an evil time.

⁹ I am silent before you; I won’t say a word,
    for my punishment is from you.

²⁰ I have been reduced to skin and bones
    and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.

²¹ “Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
    for the hand of God has struck me.