If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,
“If you would prepare your heart, And stretch out your hands toward Him;
“But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause—
“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.