22 Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
24 “Teach me, and I will be silent;make me understand how I have gone astray.
25 How forceful are upright words!But what does reproof from you reprove?
26 Do you think that you can reprove words,when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
27 You would even cast lots over the fatherless,and bargain over your friend.
28 “But now, be pleased to look at me,for I will not lie to your face.