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I am too stupid to be human,
    and I lack common sense.
I have not mastered human wisdom,
    nor do I know the Holy One.

Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
    Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
    Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name—and his son’s name?
    Tell me if you know!

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Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
    I do not have human understanding.
I have not learned wisdom,
    nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.(A)
Who has gone up(B) to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands(C) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters(D) in a cloak?(E)
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,(F) and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

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