1. Then Job answered and said:
2. “No doubt you are the people,and wisdom will die with you.
3. But I have understanding as well as you;I am not inferior to you.Who does not know such things as these?
4. I am a laughingstock to my friends;I, who called to God and he answered me,a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
5. In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;it is ready for those whose feet slip.
6. The tents of robbers are at peace,and those who provoke God are secure,who bring their god in their hand.