5 ^aIf you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty, ‡

6 If you were pure and upright,
Surely now He would¹ awake for you,
And prosper your rightful dwelling place. ‡

8 “For^a inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers; ‡

9 For ^awe were born yesterday, and know¹ nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow. ‡