"For your guiltteachesyour mouth,And you choosethe languageof the crafty.
And showyou the secretsof wisdom!For soundwisdomhas twosides.Knowthen that Godforgetsa part of your iniquity.
"The tentsof the destroyersprosper,And those who provokeGodare secure,WhomGodbringsinto their power.
"Indeed,you doawaywith reverenceAnd hindermeditationbeforeGod.
"Is not your wickednessgreat,And your iniquitieswithoutend?
Then thesethreemenceasedansweringJob,becausehe was righteousin his own eyes.
But the angerof Elihuthe sonof Barachelthe Buzite,of the familyof Ramburned;against Jobhis angerburnedbecausehe justifiedhimselfbeforeGod.
"He frustratesthe plottingof the shrewd,So that their handscannotattainsuccess.
"He capturesthe wiseby their own shrewdness,And the adviceof the cunningis quicklythwarted.
Whohave sharpenedtheir tonguelike a sword.They aimedbitterspeech[as] their arrow,
"Their tongueis a deadlyarrow;It speaksdeceit;With his mouthone speakspeaceto his neighbor,But inwardlyhe setsan ambushfor him.
"The goodmanout of the goodtreasureof his heartbringsforthwhat is good;and the evil[man] out of the evil[treasure] brings forthwhat is evil;for his mouthspeaksfrom that which fillshis heart.
Ifanyonethinkshimself to be religious,and yet does not bridlehis tonguebut deceiveshis [own] heart,this man'sreligionis worthless.
