Job 34:1-37 NASB

[1] Then Elihu continued and said, [2] “Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who understand. [3] “For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food. [4] “Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us understand among ourselves what is good. [5] “For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my right; [6] Should I lie about my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without wrongdoing.’ [7] “What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision like water, [8] Who goes in company with the workers of injustice, And walks with wicked people? [9] “For he has said, ‘It is of no use to a man When he becomes friends with God.’ [10] “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, And from the Almighty to do wrong. [11] “For He repays a person for his work, And lets things happen in correspondence to a man’s behavior. [12] “God certainly will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice. [13] “Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has placed the whole world on Him? [14] “If He were to determine to do so, If He were to gather His spirit and His breath to Himself, [15] Humanity would perish together, And mankind would return to dust. [16] “But if you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words. [17] “Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One, [18] Who says to a king, ‘You worthless one,’ To nobles, ‘You wicked one’; [19] Who shows no partiality to the prominent, Nor regards the rich as above the poor, Since they are all the work of His hands? [20] “In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the powerful are taken away without a hand. [21] “For His eyes are upon the ways of a person, And He sees all his steps. [22] “There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of injustice can hide themselves. [23] “For He does not need to consider a person further, That he should go before God in judgment. [24] “He breaks in pieces the mighty without investigation, And sets others in their place. [25] “Therefore He knows their deeds, And He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed. [26] “He strikes them like the wicked In a public place, [27] Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways, [28] So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He would hear the cry of the afflicted— [29] When He keeps quiet, who can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can look at Him, That is, regarding both nation and a person?— [30] “So that godless people would not rule, Nor be snares for the people. [31] “For has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured punishment; I will not offend anymore; [32] Teach me what I do not see; If I have done wrong, I will not do it again’? [33] “Shall God repay on your terms, because you have rejected His? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know. [34] “Men of understanding will say to me, And a wise man who hears me, [35] ‘Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. [36] ‘Oh that Job were tested to the limit, Because he answers like sinners. [37] ‘For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God.’”