Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

As water disappears from the sea, or water evaporates from a river,

Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands,

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?