“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

“While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant.

“He has no offspring or posterity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.

“Is there any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous,
Or profit if you make your ways perfect?

“Is there any number to His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.

“If my step has turned from the way,
Or my heart followed my eyes,
Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

“Let me now be partial to no one,
Nor flatter any man.

Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways;

“Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

“Therefore men fear Him;
He does not regard any who are wise of heart.”