Your righteousness is towering like the mountains; your justice is like the depths of the sea. People and animals are in your care.

You walked through the waves; you crossed the deep sea, but your footprints could not be seen.

Clouds and darkness surround him; he rules with righteousness and justice.

I am more like an animal than a human being; I do not have the sense we humans should have.

I have never learned any wisdom, and I know nothing at all about God.

and never be able to understand what God is doing. However hard you try, you will never find out. The wise may claim to know, but they don't.

How great are God's riches! How deep are his wisdom and knowledge! Who can explain his decisions? Who can understand his ways?

no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.

He will be handed over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him, insult him, and spit on him.

But the disciples did not understand any of these things; the meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not know what Jesus was talking about.

What does this 'a little while' mean? We don't know what he is talking about!"

Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said to them, "I said, 'In a little while you will not see me, and then a little while later you will see me.' Is this what you are asking about among yourselves?