1. Then Elihu answered:
2. “Hear my words, you wise men; give ear to me, you men of learning.
3. For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
4. Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us learn together what is good.
5. “For Job says, ‘I am righteous, but God has deprived me of justice.
6. Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.’