³ Do you think we are mere animals?
    Do you think we are stupid?

²² I was so foolish and ignorant—
    I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.

¹⁰ “As for all of you, come back with a better argument,
    though I still won’t find a wise man among you.

⁴ You have closed their minds to understanding,
    but do not let them triumph.

⁷ “Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
    Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
⁸ Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
    Let the fish in the sea speak to you.