But if so also, I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?
And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgement, because thou hast said: I have not sinned.
Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand.
I will say to God: Do not condemn me. Tell me why thou judgest me so.
One thing there is that I have spoken: Both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.
If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.