Since I cannot help myself,
the hope for success has been banished from me.

Since your children sinned against Him,
He gave them over to their rebellion.

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

Since I will be found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?

Since man’s days are determined
and the number of his months depends on You,
and since You have set limits he cannot pass,

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

Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,
from the time man was placed on earth,

Can anyone teach God knowledge,
since He judges the exalted ones?

No man can know its value,
since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

for from my youth, I raised him as his father,
and since the day I was born I guided the widow—

But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter,
since God is greater than man.

He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.