8. Do you listen in when God speaks with his angels? Do you think you are the only wise person?
9. What do you know that we don't know? What understanding do you have that we don't have?
10. People who are old and gray are on our side. And they are even older than your parents!
11. Aren't God's words of comfort enough for you? He speaks them to you gently.
12. Why have you let your wild ideas carry you away? Why do your eyes flash with anger?
13. Why do you get so angry with God? Why do words like those pour out of your mouth?
14. "Can human beings really be pure? Can mere men really be right with God?
15. God doesn't trust his holy angels. Even the heavens aren't pure in his sight.
16. So he'll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are evil and sinful. They drink up evil as if it were water.
17. "Listen to me. I'll explain things to you. Let me tell you what I've seen.
18. I'll tell you what those who are wise have said. They don't hide anything they've received from their people of long ago.
19. The land was given only to those people. Their wisdom didn't come from outsiders. And here's what those who are wise have said.
20. Sinful people always suffer pain. Mean people suffer all their lives.
21. Terrifying sounds fill their ears. When everything seems to be going well, robbers attack them.
22. They lose all hope of escaping the darkness of death. They will certainly be killed with swords.
23. They wander around. They are like food for vultures. They know that the day they will die is near.