Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.