⁶ Senseless people^(A) do not know,
    fools do not understand,

²² I was senseless^(A) and ignorant;
    I was a brute beast^(B) before you.

⁸ Take notice, you senseless ones^(A) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?

¹⁰ For all can see that the wise die,^(A)
    that the foolish and the senseless^(B) also perish,
    leaving their wealth^(C) to others.^(D)

¹⁴ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed^(A) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;^(B)
    they have no breath in them.

²² “How long will you who are simple^(A) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate^(B) knowledge?