Why are people so important to you? Why pay attention to what they do?

You inspect them every morning and test them every minute.

Are you trying to frighten me? I'm nothing but a leaf; you are attacking a piece of dry straw.

LORD, what are mortals, that you notice them; mere mortals, that you pay attention to us?

Should I try force? Try force on God? Should I take him to court? Could anyone make him go?

I am innocent and faithful, but my words sound guilty, and everything I say seems to condemn me.

If God were human, I could answer him; we could go to court to decide our quarrel.

You bind chains on my feet; you watch every step I take, and even examine my footprints.

Don't put me, your servant, on trial; no one is innocent in your sight.

Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.