Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,

for her house sinks to death, and to the dead are her paths.

Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when he did not do you harm.

and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!

"Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] upon me; {today} I completed my vows.

But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.

Whoever wanders from the way of understanding, in the assembly of the dead he will rest.

[In order] for your trust to be in Yahweh, I have made [them] known to you {today}--even you.

"They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know [it]. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again."

Do not say, "Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him; I will pay back the man according to his deed."