¹¹ I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
    that which is with the Almighty^[a] I will not conceal.

³ See, you have instructed many;
    you have strengthened the weak hands.^(A)
4 Your words have supported those who were stumbling,
    and you have made firm the feeble knees.^(B)

⁸ But truly it is the spirit in a mortal,
    the breath of the Almighty^[a] that makes for understanding.^(A)
9 It is not the old^[b] who are wise
    nor the aged who understand what is right.^(B)
10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
    let me also declare my opinion.’

¹⁰ This would be my consolation;
    I would even exult^[a] in unrelenting pain,
    for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.^(A)