- Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
- Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
- so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
- "What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
- If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
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- "Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word spoken gently with you?
- "Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,
- That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
- "What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- "Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
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