⁶ A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

²² And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

⁸ Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

¹⁰ For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

¹⁴ and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know `them', because spiritually they are discerned;

²⁰ `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

¹⁴ Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image. And there is no breath in them.

³ An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.

² For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

⁷ Wisdom `is' high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

²² `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

⁴ I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.'

⁹ Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

¹ To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.