⁴ “Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I ^(A)lay my hand on my mouth.
⁵ “Once I have spoken, and ^(B)I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

² “I know that ^(A)You can do all things,
And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
³ ‘Who is this that ^(B)hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things ^(C)too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”
⁴ ‘Hear, now, and I will speak;
I will ^(D)ask You, and You instruct me.’
⁵ “I have ^(E)heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my ^(F)eye sees You;
⁶ Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”