Dust and Ashes Lyrics

"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
Who marked off its dimensions?
Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
On what were its footings set,
Or who laid its cornerstone.

What is the way to abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?
Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!

You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak.
I will ask you, and you will teach me.'
I had heard about you with my own ears,
But now I have seen you with my own eyes.
That is why I take back what I said,
And I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry."