‘If I am wicked, woe to me!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.

“Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and not fear.

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?

“For then you will delight in the Almighty
And lift up your face to God.

When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

“You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride;
And You dissolve me in a storm.

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?