4 Even my friends laugh at me now;they laugh, although I am righteous and blameless;but there was a time when God answered my prayers.
5 You have no troubles, and yet you make fun of me;you hit someone who is about to fall.
6 But thieves and godless people live in peace,though their only god is their own strength.
7 Even birds and animals have much they could teach you;
8 ask the creatures of earth and sea for their wisdom.
9 All of them know that the Lord's hand made them.
10 It is God who directs the lives of his creatures;everyone's life is in his power.