¹⁵ What is wrong cannot be made right.
    What is missing cannot be recovered.

¹² Wisdom and money can get you almost anything,
    but only wisdom can save your life.

¹³ Accept the way God does things,
    for who can straighten what he has made crooked?

⁴ Fill in the valleys,
    and level the mountains and hills.
Straighten the curves,
    and smooth out the rough places.

³⁷ Who can command things to happen
    without the Lord’s permission?

²⁹ But if he chooses to remain quiet,
    who can criticize him?
When he hides his face, no one can find him,
    whether an individual or a nation.

⁶ If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
    for true wisdom is not a simple matter.
Listen! God is doubtless punishing you
    far less than you deserve!