²¹ Now you too have proved to be of no help;
    you see something dreadful and are afraid.^(A)

¹² Is not wisdom found among the aged?^(A)
    Does not long life bring understanding?^(B)

¹⁸ How often are they like straw before the wind,
    like chaff^(A) swept away^(B) by a gale?^(C)