1. Then Elihu said:
2. “Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you men of learning.
3. For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.
4. Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
5. “Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
6. Although I am right, I am considered a liar; although I am guiltless, his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’
7. Is there anyone like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
8. He keeps company with evildoers; he associates with the wicked.