³ Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

²² So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

⁴ For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

¹⁰ But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

⁷ But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

⁸ Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

¹⁸ I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

¹⁰ Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;