¹¹ “I will teach you about the power of God;
    the ways^(A) of the Almighty I will not conceal.^(B)

¹⁷ Since my youth, God, you have taught^(A) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.^(B)

³ Think how you have instructed many,^(A)
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.^(B)
4 Your words have supported those who stumbled;^(C)
    you have strengthened faltering knees.^(D)

⁸ But it is the spirit^[a](A) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,^(B) that gives them understanding.^(C)
9 It is not only the old^[b] who are wise,^(D)
    not only the aged^(E) who understand what is right.^(F)

¹⁰ “Therefore I say: Listen to me;^(G)
    I too will tell you what I know.^(H)

¹⁰ Then I would still have this consolation^(A)—
    my joy in unrelenting pain^(B)—
    that I had not denied the words^(C) of the Holy One.^(D)