Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And reputed vile in your sight?
Why are we counted as beasts [as if we had no sense]? Why are we unclean in your sight?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?
Why are we considered beasts, ignorant in your sight?
Why have we been treated like mules, as if we were unworthy before you?
Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
But you, come back now, all of you, and I shall not find a sensible person among you.
Since you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we shall speak.
You who tear yourself in your anger— shall the earth be forsaken because of you or the rock be removed out of its place?
I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you.
I said to myself with regard to humans that God is testing them to show that they are but animals.
love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.
Forty lashes may be given but not more; if more lashes than these are given, your neighbor will be degraded in your sight.