When did I ever ask you for anything, say "Offer a bribe for me from your wealth?'

"When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.

But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,

For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

If He snatches something, who can stop Him?
Who can ask Him, “What are You doing?”

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

or ask the earth, and it will teach you, and the fishes of the sea will declare to you.

he will vanish forever like his own dung.
Those who know him will ask, “Where is he?”

You ask, "Where is the noble person's house?' and "Where are the tents where the wicked live?'

Do you not ask [those] traveling [the] roads, and do you not take notice of their accounts?

And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?

Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

“I assure you, the men of my tent have said,
‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

“For you say, ‘What advantage have you [by living a righteous life]?
What profit will I have, more [by being righteous] than if I had sinned?’

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'