³ Though they wished to dispute with him,^(A)
    they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.^(B)

² “Are all these words to go unanswered?^(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?^(B)

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

² “How long will you torment^(A) me
    and crush^(B) me with words?

³ Bear with me while I speak,
    and after I have spoken, mock on.^(A)

² “How you have helped the powerless!^(A)
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!^(B)