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,