For what is man, that You have magnified him? Or that You give heed to him?

Will You visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest?

Will You be startled [at me], as [at] a leaf shaken by the wind? Or will You set Yourself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?

Lord, what is man, that You are made known to him? Or the son of man, that You take account of him?

For indeed He is strong in power: who then shall resist His judgment?

For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane, and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.

For You are not a man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.

And You have placed my foot in the stocks, and You have watched all my works, and have penetrated my heels.

And enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight shall no [man] living be justified.

Now we know that as many things as the law says, it speaks to those under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.