Thou sellest thy people for naught, and takest no money for them.

But unto the ungodly sayeth God, "Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth,

Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

Thou deckest thyself with light, as it were with a garment, and spreadest out the heaven like a curtain -

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!