⁸ I speak with him^(A) directly,^[a]
openly, and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.^(B)

⁴ I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.^(A)

⁶ Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,^(A)
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say,
‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his –
how much longer?^(B) –
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.’^(C)