"Behold,I waitedfor your words,I listenedto your reasonings,Whileyou ponderedwhatto say.
"To me they listenedand waited,And keptsilentfor my counsel.
"They waitedfor me as for the rain,And openedtheir mouthas for the springrain.
"SoI say,'Listento me, I toowill tellwhatI think.'
"I even paidcloseattentionto you; Indeed,therewas noonewho refutedJob,Not one of you who answeredhis words.
Now Elihuhad waitedto speakto Jobbecausethey were yearsolderthanhe.
"Beholdthis;we have investigatedit, [and] soit is. Hearit, and knowfor yourself."
The firstto pleadhis case[seems] right,[Until] anothercomesand examineshim.
The richmanis wisein his own eyes,But the poorwho hasunderstandingseesthroughhim.
