4 If your children sinned against Him, He handed them over to their rebellion.
5 If you would seek God and plead with Shaddai,
6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will awaken for you and restore your righteous abode.
7 And though your beginning was small, your future would flourish.
8 Now ask the previous generation; consider the findings of their fathers;
9 for we were born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their hearts?