⁷ But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.^(A)
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;
let the fish of the sea inform you.
⁹ Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?^(B)
10 The life of every living thing is in his hand,
as well as the breath of all humanity.^(C)
11 Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
¹² Wisdom is found with the elderly,
and understanding comes with long life.^(D)