4. I am as a laughingstock to his neighbor: The man who calleth upon Eloah [they say of me], and He answereth him! [To them I am] a laughingstock, the tzaddik, the tamim (blameless one)!
5. Those at ease have buz (contempt) for a downfall which awaits the one whose regel is slipping.
6. The ohalim of shodedim (robbers) remain in peace; they that defy El are secure, who Eloah brought forth by His yad.
7. But ask now the behemot, and they shall teach thee, and the oph haShomayim (birds of the air), and they shall tell thee;
8. Or speak to ha'aretz, and it shall teach thee; and the dagim of the yam shall declare unto thee.
9. Of all of these, who lacketh da'as that the yad Hashem hath wrought this?
10. In whose yad is the nefesh of every living thing, and the ruach of kol basar ish.
11. Doth not the ozen (ear) test words? And the mouth tastes its ochel?
12. With the ancient ones is chochmah; and in orech yamim (length of days) is binah (understanding).
13. With Him is chochmah and gevurah; He hath etzah and understanding.
14. See, what He tears down cannot be reconstructed; He shutteth up an ish, and there can be no prison release.
15. See, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn eretz.