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34 Then Elihu went on:
2 Listen, ye wise, to my words,
And give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.
3 For the ear is the tester of words
As the palate the taster of food.
4 Let us choose for ourselves what is good.
Recognise by ourselves what is good.
5 For Job claimeth to be in the right:
"God," he says, "hath deprived me of justice.
6 Though right, I am counted a liar;
And though sinless, He wounds me past healing."
7 Where is the man like Job
That drinketh up scorning like water,
8 That leagues with the workers of wrong,
And that walketh with wicked men?
9 For he saith that a mn hath no profit
From being the friend of God.
God watches over the Moral Order
10 So, ye men of intelligence, listen.
Far be it from God to do evil,
And from the Almighty to err.
11 For the work of each man He requiteth;
He bringeth his way back upon him.
12 God assuredly cannot do wrong.
The Almighty would not pervert justice.
13 Who entrusted the earth to His charge?
And who watcheth over the universe?
14 If He should recall His spirit
And gather His breath to Himself,
15 All flesh together would perish,
And man would return to the dust.
16 If thou art wise, listen to this,
And give ear to the sound of my words.
17 Could One rule to whom justice were odious?
Condemn’st thou the Just and the Mighty One,
18 Who saith to a king, "Thou villain!"
To nobles, "Ye infamous men!"–
19 Who showeth no favour to princes,
Regardeth not rich more than poor?
For the work of His hands are they all:
20 In a moment they die – at midnight.
The rich are convulsed, they pass:
He mysteriously removeth the mighty.
21 For His eyes are over man’s ways,
Every one of his steps He beholdeth.
22 No darkness is there and no gloom
Where the workers of wrong may be hidden.
23 No time doth he set for man
To appear before God in judgment:
24 He shatters the strong without trial,
And others He sets in their place.
25 For He giveth heed to their works;
In the night He doth overturn them.
26 Beneath their crimes they are crushed;
He smites them in presence of witnesses;
27 For they turned from following Him,
And they gave no heed to His ways.
28 so the crushed were driven to cry to Him,
And the call of the wretched He heard.
29 But if He remain silent, who then can condemn Him?
If He hide His face, who can bring Him to task?
Yet He watches o’er nations and men,
30 That none reigns who would wrong the people.
31 Say to God, "I have borne my sin,
I will not offend any more.
32 Now I see it: O teach me Thyself.
Have I sinned? I will do so no more."
33 Must He recompense after thy wishes,
That thou hast rejected (His ways)?
’Tis for thee to decide – not for me;
Then utter the thing that thou knowest.
34 Men of intellect will admit–
Men of wisdom who listen to me–
35 That Job hath not spoken with knowledge,
His words are not marked by insight.
36 O that Job might be tried to the end
For the wickedness of his answers!
37 For he addeth rebellion to sin,
And multiples words against God.
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