⁸ Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

² And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

⁴ In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.

⁵ For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

⁶ Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

³ What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

¹⁸ So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

¹⁷ Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

¹⁵ Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

¹⁸ And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.

²⁷ For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?

⁴ Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

² Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

³ What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

² By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

³ (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

⁴ Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

⁵ Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

⁶ I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.