“For what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.

“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?

“How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument prove?

“What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,

“Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?

“Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

“Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

“They are high as the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?

“What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

“Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?

“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.

“What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that we do not?

“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;

What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,

“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

“He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

‘Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’

“For what does he care for his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?

“Who will confront him with his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?

“You say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?

“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’

“I would learn the words which He would answer,
And perceive what He would say to me.

“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

“For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.

“What a help you are to the weak!
How you have saved the arm without strength!

“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

“I will instruct you in the power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

“He dams up the streams from flowing,
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

“Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.

“And what is the portion of God from above
Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said,
“I am young in years and you are old;
Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.

“So I say, ‘Listen to me,
I too will tell what I think.’

“Behold, I waited for your words,
I listened to your reasonings,
While you pondered what to say.

“If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is right for him,

“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

“Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.

“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,

Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

“Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.

“For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him?
And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him,
Or what does He receive from your hand?

“Its noise declares His presence;
The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.

“Teach us what we shall say to Him;
We cannot arrange our case because of darkness.

“On what were its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”