³⁵ A son of eighty years I [am] to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?

²⁶ and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here [am] I, He doth to me as [is] good in His eyes.'