7 Were you the first human ever born,

or were you brought forth before the hills?s

8 Do you listen in on the council of God,

or have a monopoly on wisdom?t

9 What do you know that we don’t?

What do you understand that is not clear to us?

10 Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us—

older than your father.

11 Are God’s consolations not enough for you,

even the words that deal gently with you?

12 Why has your heart misled you,

and why do your eyes flash

13 as you turn your angerA against God

and allow such words to leave your mouth?

14 What is a mere human, that he should be pure,a

or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15 If God puts no trust in his holy onesb

and the heavens are not pure in his sight,c

16 how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,d

who drinks injusticee like water?