23. or, ‘Save me from the foe’s hand,’ or, ‘Ransom me from the tyrants’ hand’?
24. Teach me, and I myself will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray.
25. How painful are upright words! But what does your reproof reprove?
26. Do you intend to reprove my words and consider the words of a desperate man as wind?
27. Even over the orphan you would cast the lot, and you would bargain over your friend.