8. Surely--thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:
9. `Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity.
10. Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
11. He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'
12. Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.
13. Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not?
14. For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
15. In a dream--a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
16. Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:
17. To turn aside man [from] doing, And pride from man He concealeth.
18. He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
19. And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.
20. And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
21. His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!