1Elihu further answered and said: 2Hear my words, you wise men; give ear to me, you who have knowledge. 3For the ear examines words as the palate tastes food. 4Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us know among ourselves what is good. 5For Job has said, I am righteous, but the Mighty God has taken away my justice; 6should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression. 7What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water, 8who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men? 9For he has said, It profits a man nothing when he is pleasing to God. 10Therefore listen to me, you men with heart: far be it from the Mighty God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to do injustice. 11For He repays man according to his work, and causes him to attain according to his way. 12Surely the Mighty God will never do wickedly, nor will the Almighty pervert justice. 13Who has given Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world? 14If He should set His heart on it, if He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath, 15all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust. 16If you have understanding, hear this; listen to the sound of my words: 17Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn a righteous mighty one? 18Is it fitting to say to a king, You are worthless; and to nobles, You are wicked? 19He is not partial to rulers, nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; for they are all the work of His hands. 20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; people convulse and pass away; the mighty are taken away without a hand. 21For His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps. 22There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 23For He does not lay more upon man, that he should go before the Mighty God in judgment. 24He breaks mighty men in pieces without inquiry, and makes others stand in their place. 25Therefore he knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, and they are crushed. 26He chastises them as wicked men, in a place where others can see, 27because they have turned aside from following Him, and have not considered any of His ways, 28so that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him; for He hears the cry of the lowly. 29When He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him? It might be against a nation or mankind altogether, 30so that the hypocrite should not reign, lest the people be ensnared. 31For has anyone said to the Mighty God, I have endured; I will offend no more; 32teach me what I do not see; if I have done injustice, I will do no more? 33Shall He recompense on your terms, just because you have rejected it? You must choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know. 34Men with heart say to me, wise men who listen to me: 35Job speaks without knowledge, his words are without insight. 36Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, because his answers are like those of wicked men! 37For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against the Mighty God.