since you neglected all my counsel
and did not accept my correction,

Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

I didn’t obey my teachers
or listen closely to my mentors.

“They struck me, but I feel no pain!
They beat me, but I didn’t know it!
When will I wake up?
I’ll look for another drink.”

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If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?
Won’t He who protects your life know?
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”