“How have you helped the powerless, saved an arm not strong?
Do not cast me off in the time of old age, When my strength fails, do not forsake me.
“Truly you are the people, and wisdom would die with you!
Words of uprightness are harsh! But what does your reproving reprove?
Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh of bronze?
And it came to be at noon, that Ě
With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right-ruling? Who taught Him knowledge, and showed Him the way of understanding?
What strength do I have, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
Is my help not within me? And is ability driven from me?
And Iyoḇ
How have you given counsel to the unwise, or declared sound advice to many?
See, all of you have seen it. Why then are you altogether vain?
