9. Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10. “If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
11. Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
12. But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.
13. “Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
14. if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
15. then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.
16. You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.