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1 - And Elihu answereth and saith:

2 - Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

3 - For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

4 - Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what <FI>is<Fi> good.

5 - For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

6 - Against my right do I lie? Mortal <FI>is<Fi> mine arrow--without transgression.'

7 - Who <FI>is<Fi> a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

8 - And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

9 - For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

10 - Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And <FI>from<Fi> the Mighty to do perverseness:

11 - For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

12 - Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

13 - Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

14 - If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

15 - Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

16 - And if <FI>there is<Fi> understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

17 - Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?

18 - Who hath said to a king--`Worthless,' Unto princes--`Wicked?'

19 - That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands <FI>are<Fi> all of them.

20 - <FI> In<Fi> a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

21 - For His eyes <FI>are<Fi> on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

22 - There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

23 - For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,

24 - He breaketh the mighty--no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

25 - Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

26 - As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

27 - Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

28 - To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

29 - And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, <FI>It is<Fi> the same.

30 - From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

31 - For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

32 - Besides <FI>that which<Fi> I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done--I do not add?'

33 - By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused--That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

34 - Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.

35 - Job--not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words <FI>are<Fi> not with wisdom.

36 - My Father! let Job be tried--unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

37 - For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.