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34:1  Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
34:2  Hear my words, O ye chachamim; and give ear unto me, ye that have da’as.
34:3  For the ozen trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.
34:4  Let us choose for ourselves what is mishpat (right); let us know among ourselves what is tov.
34:5  For Iyov hath said, I am innocent; and El hath taken away my mishpat (right).
34:6  I declare the mishpat (case) against me a lie; though without peysha, my arrow wound is incurable.
34:7  What gever is like Iyov, who drinketh up the scorn [of his friends] like mayim?
34:8  Who goeth in chaverah with the po’alei aven (workers of iniquity, evildoers), and walketh with anshei resha.
34:9  For he hath said, It profiteth a gever nothing that he should please Elohim.
34:10  Therefore pay heed unto me ye anashei levav (men of understanding); far be it from El, that He should do evil, and from Shaddai, that He should do wrong.
34:11  For the po’al adam (work of a man) shall He repay unto him, and make every man to find according to the man’s ways.
34:12  Yea, surely El will not do wickedly, neither will Shaddai pervert mishpat (justice).
34:13  Who hath given Him right to rule the earth? Or who hath appointed Him over the tevel?
34:14  If He should so determine, if He gather unto Himself His Ruach and His Neshamah,
34:15  All basar would perish together, and adam would return unto aphar.
34:16  If now thou hast binah, hear this: pay heed to the kol (voice) of my words.
34:17  Shall even one that hateth mishpat (right) govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is Tzaddik and Kabir (the Mighty One)?
34:18  Is it fit to say to a melech, Thou art beli’ya’al? And to nobles, Ye are rasha.
34:19  Who shows no partiality to sarim (princes), nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the ma’aseh (work) of His hands.
34:20  In a moment shall they die, and at chatzot lailah the people shall be shaken, and pass away, and the mighty shall be taken away without human hand.
34:21  For His eyes are upon the darkhei ish and He seeth all his goings.
34:22  There is no choshech, nor tzalmavet, where the po’alei aven (evildoers) may hide themselves.
34:23  For He does not need to consider an ish further for anyone to go before El in mispat (judgment).
34:24  He shall break in pieces kabirim (mighty men) without investigation, and sets acherim (others) in their place.
34:25  Therefore He knoweth their works, and He overthroweth them in the lailah, so that they are crushed.
34:26  He striketh them as resha’im in the open sight of others;
34:27  Because they turned back from following Him, and would not regard any of His drakhim;
34:28  So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the aniyim.
34:29  When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? When He hideth His panim, who then can behold Him? Whether it be a nation, or an individual only?
34:30  That the chanef (hypocrite) reign not, nor those who ensnare the people.
34:31  For has anyone said unto El, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more;
34:32  Teach Thou me what I see not; im (if) I have done iniquity, I will do no more?
34:33  Will He then recompense to suit you, just because you disavow it? Thou must choose, not I; therefore speak that of which thou hast da’as.
34:34  Let anshei levav (men of understanding) say to me, and let a gever chacham who pays heed unto me say,
34:35  Iyov hath spoken without da’as, and his words were without seichel.
34:36  Iyov ought to be tried unto the limit, because his answers are those of anshei aven.
34:37  For he addeth peysha unto his chattat, he clappeth his hands [shaking fist at G-d] among us, and multiplieth his words against El.