1. Furthermore Elihu answered and said:
2. “Hear my words, O you wise men;and give ear unto me, you that have knowledge.
3. For the ear tests words,as the mouth tastes food.
4. Let us choose justice for ourselves;let us know among ourselves what is good.
5. “For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,but God has taken away my judgment.
6. Should I lie concerning my right?My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
7. What man is like Job,who drinks scorn like water,
8. who goes in company with the workers of iniquityand walks with wicked men?
9. For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothingthat he should delight himself in God.’
10. “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding:Far be it from God that He should do wickedness,and from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity.
11. He will repay a man for his work,and cause every man to find what is according to his ways.
12. Yes, surely God will not do wickedly,nor will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13. Who has given Him charge over the earth?Or who has set in order the whole world?
14. If He sets His heart on man,if He gathers unto Himself His Spirit and His breath,
15. all flesh will perish together,and man will turn again to dust.