² “I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,^(A) all of you!^(B)

⁴ You, however, smear me with lies;^(A)
    you are worthless physicians,^(B) all of you!^(C)
5 If only you would be altogether silent!^(D)
    For you, that would be wisdom.^(E)

²⁶ For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^(A)

² “How you have helped the powerless!^(A)
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!^(B)
3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight^(C) you have displayed!

² “How long will you torment^(A) me
    and crush^(B) me with words?
³ Ten times^(C) now you have reproached^(D) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.

² “Are all these words to go unanswered?^(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?^(B)
3 Will your idle talk^(C) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?^(D)

²⁵ How painful are honest words!^(A)
    But what do your arguments prove?