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I thought, ‘Age should speak;
advanced years should teach wisdom.’
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But it is the spirit in a man,
the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
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It is not only the old who are wise,
not only the aged who understand what is right.
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“Therefore I say: Listen to me;
I too will tell you what I know.
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I waited while you spoke,
I listened to your reasoning;
while you were searching for words,
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I gave you my full attention.
But not one of you has proved Job wrong;
none of you has answered his arguments.
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Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;
let God refute him, not man.’