1. Elihu answered:
2. “Listen to my words, you wise men;hear me, you learned men.
3. For the ear assesses wordsas the mouth tastes food.
4. Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right;let us come to know among ourselves what is good.
5. For Job says, ‘I am innocent,but God turns away my right.
6. Concerning my right, should I lie?My wound is incurable,although I am without transgression.’