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For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?