Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.
After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.
Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and `to' all my words give ear.
Of the uprightness of my heart `are' my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.
I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying: