I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
“Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
This would be my consolation; I would even exult in pain unsparing; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
O God, from my youth thou hast taught me, and I still proclaim thy wondrous deeds.
For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,
Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land which you are entering to take possession of it.