¹⁰ Will they not instruct^(A) you and tell you?
    Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?^(B)

¹⁵ The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,^(A)
    for the ears of the wise seek it out.

²³ The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,^(A)
    and their lips promote instruction.^[a](B)

⁴ One generation^(A) commends your works to another;
    they tell^(B) of your mighty acts.^(C)

⁷ I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’^(A)

⁷ “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,^(A)
    or the birds in the sky,^(B) and they will tell you;^(C)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.