For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: but my life is taken away.

Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.

Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonor.

What is the Mighty One, that we should serve Him? And what profit is there that we should approach Him?

Now what portion has God given from above? And is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from on high?

For you should not say, There shall be no visitation of a man, whereas [there is] a visitation on him from the Lord.

And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocence.

You said, He that serves God labors in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept His ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?