"Bearwith me that I may speak;Then afterI have spoken,you may mock.
"Shall your boastssilencemen?And shall you scoffand nonerebuke?
"Be silentbeforeme so that I may speak;Then let comeon me whatmay.
"Will it be wellwhenHe examinesyou? Orwill you deceiveHim as one deceivesa man?
"They have gapedat me with their mouth,They have slappedme on the cheekwith contempt;They have massedthemselves againstme.
"My friendsare my scoffers;My eyeweepsto God.
"Surelymockersare with me, And my eyegazeson their provocation.
"Listencarefullyto my speech,And let thisbe your [way of] consolation.
"Behold,allof you have seen[it]; Whythendo you actfoolishly?
