⁶ See, before God I am as you are;
    I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.

¹⁹ how much more those who live in houses of clay,
    whose foundation is in the dust,
    who are crushed like a moth.^(A)

³⁵ O that I had one to hear me!
    (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty^[a] answer me!)
    O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!^(A)

³ Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his dwelling!^(A)
4 I would lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(B)

²² In full sufficiency they will be in distress;
    all the force of misery will come upon them.

¹² Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.^(A)

³ But I would speak to the Almighty,^[a]
    and I desire to argue my case with God.^(A)

⁹ Remember that you fashioned me like clay,
    and will you turn me to dust again?^(A)