2. Hear my words, O ye chachamim; and give ear unto me, ye that have da'as.
3. For the ozen trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.
4. Let us choose for ourselves what is mishpat (right); let us know among ourselves what is tov.
5. For Iyov hath said, I am innocent; and El hath taken away my mishpat (right).
6. I declare the mishpat (case) against me a lie; though without peysha, my arrow wound is incurable.
7. What gever is like Iyov, who drinketh up the scorn [of his friends] like mayim?
8. Who goeth in chaverah with the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity, evildoers), and walketh with anshei resha.