1. Elihu further answered and said:
2. “Hear my words, you wise men;Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3. For the ear tests wordsAs the palate 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 justice;
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 iniquity,And walks with wicked men?
9. For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothingThat he should delight in God.’
10. “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding:Far be it from God to do wickedness,And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
11. For He repays man according to his work,And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
12. Surely God will never do wickedly,Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
13. Who gave Him charge over the earth?Or who appointed Him over the whole world?