Why did the knees go before me; or why the breasts, that I should suck?

For now I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest

What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

What is man, that You should magnify him, and that You should set Your heart on him,

I have been condemned; why then should I labor in vain?

For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment;

Is it good to You that You should press down, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked?

I should have been as though I had not been; I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

Should your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make you ashamed?

Is it good that He should search you out? Or as one man mocks another, do you mock Him?

Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Should he reason with talk that is not useful, or with speeches which have no profit?

What is man, that he should be clean? And what is he born of a woman that he should be righteous?

Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you should answer?

As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should my spirit not be troubled?

what is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have if we pray to Him?

Far be it from me that I should justify you; until I die I will not retract my integrity from me.

I said, Days should speak, and the multitude of years should teach wisdom.

should I lie against my right? My wound cannot be cured; I am without rebellion.

that you should take it to its boundary, and that you should know the paths to its house?

Who has gone before Me that I should repay? All that is the heavens is Mine.