“Have I ever said, ‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?

If I say, “My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”

“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security!’

I said to myself, ‘Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.’

Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

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