By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Thou dost lift me up, On the wind Thou dost cause me to ride, And Thou meltest -- Thou levellest me.

But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone?

Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.