3 Would he reason with useless talk, or by speeches with which do not profit?
4 Indeed, you do away with reverence, and withhold prayer before Ěl.
5 For your crookedness teaches your mouth what to say, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Not I, but your own mouth condemns you. And your own lips witness against you.
7 Were you the first one born? Or were you made before the hills?
8 Have you heard the secret counsel of Eloah? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 What do you know that we do not know – understand, that is not within us?