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Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):

That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

He runneth upon him with a `stiff' neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of `God's' mouth shall he go away.

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

He wandereth abroad for bread, `saying', Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.