15:15. Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
15:16. How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
15:17. I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
15:18. Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
Wise men confess and hide not their fathers. . .That is, the knowledge and documents they have received from their fathers they are not ashamed to own.
15:19. To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
15:20. The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
15:21. The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
15:22. He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
15:23. When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.