¹⁶ And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

³ I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?

² According to your knowledge I have known -- also I. I am not fallen more than you.

³ Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

⁴ And yet, ye `are' forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you,

⁵ O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

⁶ Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,