⁸ “For^(A) inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
⁹ For ^(B)we were born yesterday, and know ^[a]nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.
¹⁰ Will they not teach you and tell you,
And utter words from their heart?

“I am ^(A)young in years, and you are very old;
Therefore I was afraid,
And dared not declare my opinion to you.