¹¹ I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹⁰ Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

⁵ Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it.

³ Behold, you have instructed many, You have strengthened the weak hands.

⁴ Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.

⁸ But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

⁹ It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.

¹⁰ Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'

¹⁷ God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.

¹¹ For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

²⁰ how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,