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10     His hand cradles the life of every creature on the face of the earth;
        His breath fills the nostrils of humans everywhere.

11     Listen! Aren’t we made to be discriminating:
        our ears testing wisdom, our mouths tasting food?

Shouldn’t wisdom come with old age? Not necessarily. Only God has wisdom; we merely fool ourselves into thinking we are wise.

12     But you tell me, “With age comes wisdom,
        and a long life grants understanding.”

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