If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If thou prepare thine heart, And stretch out thine hands toward him;
I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause:
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, But I would make supplication to my judge.