«Yo sé bien que tú lo puedes todo,
    que no es posible frustrar ninguno de tus planes.
“¿Quién es este —has preguntado—,
    que sin conocimiento oscurece mi consejo?”.
Reconozco que he hablado de cosas que no alcanzo a comprender,
    de cosas demasiado maravillosas
    que me son desconocidas.

»Dijiste:[a] “Ahora escúchame, yo voy a hablar;
    yo te cuestionaré y tú me responderás”.

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Footnotes

  1. 42:4 Dijiste. Véase 38:3.

“I know that you can do all things;(A)
    no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(B)
You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’(C)
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.(D)

“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’(E)

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“I know that (A)You can do all things,
And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
‘Who is this that (B)hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things (C)too marvelous for me, which I did not know.
‘Hear, now, and I will speak;
I will (D)ask You, and You make me know.’

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