22. “Have I ever said, ‘Give me something,and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?
23. Or ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power,and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?
24. “Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent;explain to me how I have been mistaken.
25. How painful are honest words!But what does your reproof prove?
26. Do you intend to criticize mere words,and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
27. Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless,and auction off your friend.