7. Art thou harishon adam (the first man) that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills?
8. Hast thou attended to the sod Eloah (counsel of G-d)? And dost thou limit chochmah to thyself?
9. Of what dost thou have da'as, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
10. Both the grayheaded and very aged men are among us, much elder than avicha.
11. Are the tanechumot El (consolations of G-d) not enough for thee? Or the davar that deals gently with thee?
12. Why doth thine lev carry thee away? And why do thy eyes flash,
13. That thou ventest thy ruach against El (G-d), and lettest such words pour out of thy mouth?
14. What is enosh, that he should be pure [in the sight of Hashem]? And he which is born of an isha, that yitzdak (he should be in the right)?
15. If He trusteth not His Kadoshim; yea, Shomayim is not pure in His eyes.
16. How much more vile and corrupt is ish, which drinketh iniquity like mayim?
17. I will show thee, shema to me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18. Things which chachamim declare from their avot without concealment;
19. Unto whom alone ha'aretz was given, and no zar passed among them.
20. The reshah travaileth with pain all his yamim, and numbered shanim are reserved for the oppressor.
21. A dreadful sound is in his oznayim; during shalom the shoded (destroyer) shall come upon him.
22. He believeth not in a return from choshech, and he is marked for the cherev.
23. He wandereth about after lechem, saying, Where is it? He has da'as the Yom Choshech is near at hand for him.
24. Distress and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall seize him as a melech poised for battle.
25. For he stretcheth out his yad against El (G-d), and with insolence vaunts himself against Shaddai.
26. He charges against Him, with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his mogen (shield);