4 If your children sinned against God, he punished them. They paid for their sins.
5 But now, look to God and pray to the All-Powerful.
6 If you are pure and good, he will quickly come to help you. He will give your family back to you.
7 Then you will have a lot more than you had in the beginning!
8 “Ask those who are now old. Find out what their ancestors learned.
9 It seems as though we were born yesterday. We are too young to know anything. Our days on earth are very short, like a shadow.
10 Maybe the old people can tell you something. Maybe they will teach you what they learned.