“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,
And I am not at rest, and yet trouble still comes [upon me].”

“Then I would speak [my defense] and not fear Him;
But I am not like that in myself.

‘Although You know that I am not guilty or wicked,
Yet there is no one who can rescue me from Your hand.

“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?

“What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

“Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not heard;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.