19. Would He value your riches? No, not precious ore, nor all your strength!
20. Do not long for the night, when people go up in their place.
21. Beware, do not turn to wickedness, for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22. See, Ěl is exalted by His power; who is a Teacher like Him?
23. Who has appointed Him His way, or who has said, ‘You have worked unrighteousness’?
24. Remember to extol His work, of which men have sung.
25. All men have seen it, man looks on it from afar.
26. See, Ěl is great, beyond our under-standing, and we do not know the number of His years.
27. For He draws up drops of water, which distil as rain from the mist,
28. which the clouds drop down – pour down in showers on man.