This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- `My righteousness `is' more than God's?'
For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.
Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer `is' pure.
`Pure `am' I, without transgression, Innocent `am' I, and I have no iniquity.
For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,
And Elihu answereth and saith: --
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.
`And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!