<p class="poetry">The Israelites<n id="1" /> hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they despise anyone who speaks honestly.p>

<p class="poetry">Nor is there an arbiter<n id="1" /> between us,p> <p class="poetry">who<n id="2" /> might lay<n id="3" /> his hand on us both,<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Will the one who contends<n id="1" /> with the Almighty correct him?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The one who reproves<n id="1" /> another<n id="2" /> will in the end<n id="3" /> find more favorp> <p class="poetry">than the one who flatters<n id="4" /> with the tongue.p>

<p class="poetry">Now I was paying you close attention,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">yet<n id="2" /> there was no one proving Job wrong,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not one of you was answering his statements!p>

<p class="poetry">Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.<n id="2" />p>

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove<n id="1" /> them, for they are a rebellious house.