1Then Job answered:
2“Truly then you are the people
3But I also have a mind;
4I am a laughingstock to my friends,
5The one at ease scorns misfortune
6The tents of robbers are safe,
7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
9Which of all these does not know
10The life of every living thing is in His hand,
11Does not the ear test words
12Wisdom is found with the elderly,
13Wisdom and strength belong to God;
14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt;
15If He holds back the waters, they dry up,
16True wisdom and power belong to Him.
17He leads counselors away barefoot
18He loosens the bonds placed by kings
19He leads priests away barefoot
20He deprives the trusted of speech
21He pours out contempt on nobles
22He reveals the deep things of darkness
23He makes nations great and destroys them;
24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason
25They grope in the darkness without light;