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"Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
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For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
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Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
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"For Job has said, 'I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
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Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
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What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
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Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
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For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight in God.'
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"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
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For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
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Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.