If one would dispute with Him, he cannot answer Him once in a thousand times.
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.
“Will he who argues with the Almighty instruct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows everything.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Rather, O man, who are you to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
For innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head; therefore my heart fails me.
Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.
Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give an accounting for any of His words.
Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.
“How, then, can I myself answer Him, and choose my words to reason with Him?
Who is he who will plead with me? For now, if I hold my tongue, I will give up my breath.
Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.