7. Were you the first to be born?Were you brought forth before the hills?
8. Do you listen in on God’s counciland restrict wisdom to yourself?
9. What do you know that we do not know,or understand that we do not?
10. There are gray-haired old men among us,more advanced in years than your father.
11. Are the consolations of God not enough for you,and speech that deals gently with you?
12. Why does your heart carry you away,and why do your eyes flash,
13. So that you turn your anger against Godand let such words escape your mouth!
14. How can any mortal be blameless,anyone born of woman be righteous?
15. If in his holy ones God places no confidence,and if the heavens are not without blame in his sight,
16. How much less so is the abominable and corrupt:people who drink in iniquity like water!
17. I will show you, if you listen to me;what I have seen I will tell—
18. What the wise relateand have not contradicted since the days of their ancestors,
19. To whom alone the land was given,when no foreigner moved among them:
20. The wicked is in torment all his days,and limited years are in store for the ruthless;