6 Please hear my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Would you speak perversely for Ěl, and speak deceit for Him?
8 Would you be partial towards Him? Would you plead for Ěl?
9 Would it be well when He searches you out? Or could you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
10 He would certainly reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
11 Should not His excellence make you afraid, and the dread of Him fall upon you?
12 Your weighty sayings are proverbs of ashes, your shields are shields of clay.