₂I know, LORD, that you are all-powerful;

that you can do everything you want.

₃You ask how I dare question your wisdom

when I am so very ignorant.

I talked about things I did not understand,

about marvels too great for me to know.

₄You told me to listen while you spoke

and to try to answer your questions.

₅In the past I knew only what others had told me,

but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

₆So I am ashamed of all I have said

and repent in dust and ashes.

₁O God, declare me innocent,

and defend my cause against the ungodly;

deliver me from lying and evil people!

₂You are my protector;

why have you abandoned me?

Why must I go on suffering

from the cruelty of my enemies?

₃Send your light and your truth;

may they lead me

and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill,

and to your Temple, where you live.

₄Then I will go to your altar, O God;

you are the source of my happiness.

I will play my harp and sing praise to you,

O God, my God.

₅Why am I so sad?

Why am I so troubled?

I will put my hope in God,

and once again I will praise him,

my saviour and my God.