I open my mouth and am ready to speak.
After seven days Job cried out and cursed the day he had been born,
I have not let my mouth sin by cursing my enemies’ life.
“Now, Job, listen to my words. Pay attention to everything I say.
My words come from an honest heart, and I am sincere in saying what I know.
I will speak using stories; I will tell secret things from long ago.
and he began to teach them, saying: