Why did [the] knees receive me and the breasts, that I could suck?

It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form [was] {before} my eyes; [there was] a hush, and I heard a voice:

"If only my vexation could be well weighed, and my calamity could be lifted up together [with it] in [the] balances,

{If} he would snatch away, who could turn him? Who could say to him, 'What are you doing?'

I myself also could talk as you, if {you were in my place}; I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.

I could encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would ease the pain.

"{O that} my words could be written down! {O that they could be inscribed in a scroll}!

There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

"I made a covenant with my eyes, so how could I look closely upon a virgin?