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¹ And Job answered and said:² For truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.³ I also have a heart as well as you; I do not fall short of you. And with whom are not things like these?⁴ I am a laughingstock to his friend; he calls on God, and He answers him; the just, the upright one is a mockery;⁵ a torch is despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure; it is ready for those with slipping feet.

⁶ The tents of plunderers and those provoking God are at ease, to whomever God brings into his hand.⁷ But now please ask the animals, and they will teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;⁸ or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will recount to you;⁹ who of all these does not know that Jehovah's hand has done this,¹⁰ in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, even of man?¹¹ Does the ear not try words, and the mouth taste food for itself?

¹² With the aged is wisdom, and understanding is in the length of days.¹³ With Him is wisdom and strength; He has forethought and understanding.¹⁴ Behold, He breaks down, and no one builds; He shuts against a man, and no one opens.¹⁵ Behold, He holds back the waters, and they dry up; and He sends them out, and they overflow the earth.¹⁶ With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.¹⁷ He causes wise men to go stripped; and He makes judges fools.¹⁸ He loosens the bonds of kings, and He binds their loins with a girdle;¹⁹ making priests walk away stripped; and He overthrows the mighty;²⁰ turning aside the lip of the trusted men; and He takes away the reason of the aged.²¹ He pours scorn on nobles, and He loosens the girdle of the mighty;²² revealing deep things out of darkness; and He brings the shadow of death to light.²³ He gives greatness to the nations, and He destroys them; spreading out the nations, and He leads them out.²⁴ He takes away the heart of the heads of the people of the land; and He causes them to wander in a waste in which is no path.²⁵ They grope in the dark, and there is no light; and He makes them stagger like a drunkard.