³ But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?^(A)

² What you know, I also know;
    I am not inferior to you.^(A)
3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty^(B)
    and to argue my case with God.^(C)
4 You, however, smear me with lies;^(D)
    you are worthless physicians,^(E) all of you!^(F)
5 If only you would be altogether silent!^(G)
    For you, that would be wisdom.^(H)

² “How you have helped the powerless!^(A)
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!^(B)
3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight^(C) you have displayed!

⁶ Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow^[a]?^(A)
7 I refuse to touch it;
    such food makes me ill.^(B)