¹² Am I the Sea or the Dragon
    that you set a guard over me?^(A)

¹² I was at ease, and he broke me in two;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;^(A)

³ If you ask, ‘What advantage have I?
    How am I better off than if I had sinned?’^(A)

⁶ If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?
    And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?^(A)