³ I get my knowledge from afar;^(A)
    I will ascribe justice to my Maker.^(B)

⁴ Against you, you only, have I sinned^(A)
    and done what is evil in your sight;^(B)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.^(C)

³⁹ Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?^(A)

⁴⁰ Let us examine our ways and test them,^(B)
    and let us return to the Lord.^(C)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,^(D) and say:
⁴² “We have sinned and rebelled^(E)
    and you have not forgiven.^(F)