2. “How long will you speak these things,seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?
3. Does God pervert justice?Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4. If your children sinned against him,he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
5. But if you will look to God,and make your supplication to the Almighty,
6. if you become pure and upright,even now he will rouse himself for you,and will restore your righteous abode.
7. Your beginning will seem so small,since your future will flourish.
8. “For inquire now of the former generation,and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;
9. For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge,since our days on earth are but a shadow.
10. Will they not instruct you and speak to you,and bring forth wordsfrom their understanding?
11. Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh?Can reeds flourish without water?
12. While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting,they can wither away faster than any grass!
13. Such is the destiny of all who forget God;the hope of the godless perishes,
14. whose trust is in something futile,whose security is a spider’s web.