12. Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of bronze?
13. Is not my help within me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14. To him that is afflicted pity should be shown from his friend; even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15. My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks that pass away;
16. Which are black by reason of the ice, and in which the snow is hid:
17. At what time they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they vanish out of their place.