9. What dost thou know that we do not? What dost thou understand, which is not in us?
10. Among us are also gray hairs; there are also aged men, much elder than thy father.
11. Are the consolations of God in such small esteem with thee? Is there by chance any secret thing concerning thee?
12. Why does thine heart carry thee away, and why do thine eyes blink,
13. that thou dost reply unto God with thy spirit and bring forth such words out of thy mouth?
14. What is man that he should be clean and that he that is born of a woman should be justified?
15. Behold, he puts no trust in his saints, and not even the heavens are clean in his sight.
16. How much less the man who is abominable and filthy, who drinks iniquity like water?
17. Listen to me and I will show thee and declare unto thee that which I have seen,
18. that which the wise men have told us of their fathers and have not hid it,
19. unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20. The wicked man travails with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden from the violent.