²⁰ Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

³⁶ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

⁷ Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

⁸ It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.