1. Then Elihu continued and said,
2. "Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know.
3. "For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
4. "Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5. "For Job has said, 'I am righteous, But God has taken away my right;
6. Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
7. "What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision 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 nothing When he is pleased with God.'
10. "Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong.
11. "For He pays a man according to his work, And makes him find it according to his way.
12. "Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
13. "Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?
14. "If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,
15. All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.