Job 34 — TOJB

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