Job 4:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶     It came to a stop, but I couldn’t make it out—
        some form there before me, then a hushed voice breaking the silence:
¹⁷     “Can a mortal stand innocent before God?
        Can a man or even a hero be pure before his Creator?”
¹⁸     If God is unsure of His own servants,
        and in His holy attendants He finds fault,