¹⁷ ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?^(A)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?^(B)

¹⁷ They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’^(A)

¹¹ Leave this way,^(A)
    get off this path,
and stop confronting^(B) us
    with the Holy One^(C) of Israel!”