1. Thus Elihu spoke up and said,
2. “Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you who know,
3. for the ear tests words, and the palate tastes food.
4. Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine 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 justice? Though I am without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.’
7. What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
8. And he goes on the road in company with instigators of mischief, and walks with men of wickedness.
9. Indeed, he says, ‘A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.’