1. Then Elihu responded and said,
2. “Hear my words, you wise men; give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3. For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.
4. Let us choose what is right for us; let us know among us what is good.
5. For Iyoḇ has said, ‘I am righteous, but Ěl has taken away my right.