²⁰ He silences the lips of trusted advisers
    and takes away the discernment of elders.^(A)

⁴ You have closed their minds to understanding;^(A)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.

⁷ I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’^(A)

⁹ It is not only the old^[a] who are wise,^(A)
    not only the aged^(B) who understand what is right.^(C)

⁴ Let us discern for ourselves what is right;^(A)
    let us learn together what is good.^(B)

¹⁰ “So listen to me,^(A) you men of understanding.^(B)
    Far be it from God to do evil,^(C)
    from the Almighty to do wrong.^(D)