"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance.

The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-Happuch.