Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.
A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.
the proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.
I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?
Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number.
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Behold, my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them: and I have understood them all.