For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.

But it is a spirit in people, the breath of the Almighty, that makes them understand.

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

“It is all one! That is why I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

The deep says, ‘It is not with me.’ And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.