11. Isn’t God’s comfort enough for you,even when gently spoken to you?
12. Why have your emotions carried you away?Why do your eyes flash
13. when you turn against Godand spit these words out of your mouth?
14. Why should a mortal be considered faultlessor someone born of a woman be considered righteous?
15. If God doesn’t trust his holy ones,and the heavens are not pure in his sight,
16. how much less will he trust the one who is disgusting and corrupt,the one who drinks wickedness like water.
17. “I’ll tell you; listen to me!I’ll relate what I have seen.
18. I’ll tell you what wise people have declaredand what was not kept secret from their ancestors.