“I am young in years,
    and you are old;^(B)
that is why I was fearful,
    not daring to tell you what I know.
⁷ I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’^(C)
8 But it is the spirit^[a](D) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,^(E) that gives them understanding.^(F)

¹⁸ For I am full of words,
    and the spirit^(A) within me compels me;^(B)

¹⁹ inside I am like bottled-up wine,
    like new wineskins ready to burst.^(A)