7  I said, ‘Let days speak,

and many years teach wisdom.’

8  But it is athe spirit in man,

bthe breath of the Almighty, that makes him cunderstand.

9  dIt is not the old1 who are wise,

nor the aged who understand what is right.

10  Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;

let me also declare my opinion.’

11  “Behold, I waited for your words,

I listened for your wise sayings,

while you searched out what to say.