² “Indeed I know that this is so;
    but how can a mortal be just before God?
³ If one wished to contend with him,
    one could not answer him once in a thousand.
⁴ He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength
—who has resisted him, and succeeded?—
⁵ he who removes mountains, and they do not know it,
    when he overturns them in his anger;
⁶ who shakes the earth out of its place,
    and its pillars tremble;
⁷ who commands the sun, and it does not rise;
    who seals up the stars;
⁸ who alone stretched out the heavens
    and trampled the waves of the Sea;^[a]
9 who made the Bear and Orion,
    the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;
¹⁰ who does great things beyond understanding,
    and marvelous things without number.
¹¹ Look, he passes by me, and I do not see him;
    he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
¹² He snatches away; who can stop him?
    Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

¹⁴ How then can I answer him,
    choosing my words with him?
¹⁵ Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him;
    I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.^[a]
16 If I summoned him and he answered me,
    I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.