2 Truly -- ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
         
                                
                        3 I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than  you, And with whom is there not like these?
         
                                
                        4 A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He  answereth him,` A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one.
         
                                
                        5 A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is  prepared for those sliding with the feet.
         
                                
                        6 At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God  have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
         
                                
                        7 And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth  shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to  thee.
         
                                
                        8 Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of  the sea recount to thee: