²⁷     I know how your minds work, my friends,
        and how you plan to wrong me—your thoughts of retribution.
²⁸     You will counter, “Show me!
        Where is the palatial estate?
        Where are the vaulted tents of the wicked?”
²⁹     But I say, have you never consulted with those who travel this world?
        They can tell you the complexions of many lands.
    But you’ve never permitted their witness
        in your courts of opinion, have you?