Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak? If a man speaks, shall he be swallowed up?
Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
Should someone inform him that I wish to speak, or would anyone say he wants to be devoured?
Who will explain to him the things that I am saying? Even while a man is still speaking, he will be devoured.
Who shall tell him the things I speak? Even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.
Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
“And now men cannot look on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.