'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?

If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,

From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.

Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

Who is a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?