I won't ask to speak with God; why should I give him a chance to destroy me?

"Their horses are faster than leopards, fiercer than hungry wolves. Their cavalry troops come riding from distant lands; their horses paw the ground. They come swooping down like eagles attacking their prey.

"Their armies advance in violent conquest, and everyone is terrified as they approach. Their captives are as numerous as grains of sand.

Yet even then, if he lets me speak, I can't believe he would listen to me.

I smiled on them when they had lost confidence; my cheerful face encouraged them.

They still could not believe, they were so full of joy and wonder; so he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"