the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

“Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.

It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:

He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,