Do not say,"Whyis it that the formerdayswere betterthanthese?"For it is not from wisdomthat you askaboutthis.
Wisdomalongwith an inheritanceis goodAnd an advantageto those who seethe sun.
Do not be eagerin your heartto be angry,For angerresidesin the bosomof fools.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Whereis the certificateof divorceBy whichI have sentyour motheraway?Orto whomof My creditorsdid I sellyou? Behold,you were soldfor your iniquities,And for your transgressionsyour motherwas sentaway.
Then Gideonsaidto him, "Omy lord,if the LORDis with us, whythen has allthishappenedto us? And whereare allHis miracleswhichour fatherstoldus about, saying,'Did not the LORDbringus up from Egypt?'But nowthe LORDhas abandonedus and givenus into the handof Midian."
