³⁰ Is there any wickedness on my lips?^(A)
    Can my mouth not discern^(B) malice?

¹¹ Does not the ear test words
    as the tongue tastes food?^(A)

⁶ Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow^[a]?^(A)

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)

³ For the ear tests words
    as the tongue tastes food.^(A)

⁸ “But you have said in my hearing—
    I heard the very words—
⁹ ‘I am pure,^(A) I have done no wrong;^(B)
    I am clean and free from sin.^(C)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
    he considers me his enemy.^(D)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;^(E)
    he keeps close watch on all my paths.’^(F)

¹² “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
    for God is greater than any mortal.^(G)