² “How long will you say these things
    and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
³ Does God pervert justice?
    Or does the Almighty^[a] pervert the right?^(A)
4 If your children sinned against him,
    he delivered them into the power of their transgression.^(B)
5 If you will seek God
    and make supplication to the Almighty,^[b](C)
6 if you are pure and upright,
    surely then he will rouse himself for you
    and restore to you your rightful place.^(D)
7 Though your beginning was small,
    your latter days will be very great.^(E)

⁸ “For inquire now of bygone generations
    and consider what their ancestors have found,^(F)
9 for we are but of yesterday, and we know nothing,
    for our days on earth are but a shadow.^(G)
10 Will they not teach you and tell you
    and utter words out of their understanding?

²⁰ “See, God will not reject the blameless,
    nor take the hand of evildoers.^(A)
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
    and your lips with shouts of joy.^(B)
22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
    and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”^(C)