how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!

See how happy the man is God corrects;
so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?

How long will you go on saying these things?
Your words are a blast of wind.

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?

How then can I answer Him
or choose my arguments against Him?

How many iniquities and sins have I committed?
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,
who drinks injustice like water?

How long until you stop talking?
Show some sense, and then we can talk.

How long will you torment me
and crush me with words?

If you say, “How will we pursue him,
since the root of the problem lies with him?”

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
Does disaster come on them?
Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

So how can you offer me such futile comfort?
Your answers are deceptive.

Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!

If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.

I would learn how He would answer me;
and understand what He would say to me.

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!

How you have helped the powerless
and delivered the arm that is weak!

How you have counseled the unwise
and thoroughly explained the path to success!

These are but the fringes of His ways;
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?

I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?

what could I do when God stands up to judge?
How should I answer Him when He calls me to account?

It is not only the old who are wise
or the elderly who understand how to judge.

For I do not know how to give such titles;
otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.

If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?

how much less when you complain
that you do not see Him,
that your case is before Him
and you are waiting for Him.

God tells them what they have done
and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?

Do you know how God directs His clouds
or makes their lightning flash?

Do you understand how the clouds float,
those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.