with kings and wise men of the earth, who built ruins for themselves,

He carrieth away the wise men, as it were a spoil, and bringeth the judges out of their wits.

“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!

Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us,
men older than your father.

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

whose men of war are innumerable, and whose light ariseth over all.

if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

Reasonable men will say to me,
along with the wise men who hear me,

Seeing then that everybody feareth him, why should not all wise men also stand in fear of him?"

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.