1 A nd Elihu answereth and saith:

2 H ear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

3 F or the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

4 J udgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what good.

5 F or Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

6 A gainst my right do I lie? Mortal mine arrow -- without transgression.'

7 W ho a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

8 A nd he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

9 F or he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

10 T herefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And the Mighty to do perverseness:

11 F or the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

12 Y ea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

13 W ho hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

14 I f He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

15 E xpire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

16 A nd if understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

17 Y ea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?

18 W ho hath said to a king -- `Worthless,' Unto princes -- `Wicked?'

19 T hat hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands all of them.

20 a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

21 F or His eyes on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

22 T here is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

23 F or He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,

24 H e breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

25 T herefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

26 A s wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

27 B ecause that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

28 T o cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

29 A nd He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, the same.

30 F rom the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

31 F or unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

32 B esides I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?'

33 B y thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

34 L et men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.

35 J ob -- not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words not with wisdom.

36 M y Father! let Job be tried -- unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

37 F or he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.