"I have sinned, and made crooked the straight,
"And it was not made even to me.

28 "He hath delivered my soul from passing through

30 To restore his soul from the grave,

To be enlightened in the light of the living.

31 Attend, O Job! hearken to me, Be silent, and I will speak.

32 If thou have words to return me, speak. For I should rejoice in thy righteousness;

33 If not, do thou hear me,

Be silent, and I will teach thee wisdom.

Made crooked the straight.-Perverted righteousness, and the balance was not made even. I have not received the punishment due to me.

CHAP. XXXIV.

1 AND Elihu spake and said,

2 Hear my words, O ye wise men! And ye learned give ear to me.

3 For the ear should try words, As the palate tasteth food.

4 Let us choose a judgment for ourselves, Let us know, among ourselves, what is good.

5 For Job hath said, "I am righteous,
"And God hath deprived me of justice.

6 "I am made to fail in my judgment,* "A man cut off without transgression."

7 What man is like Job?

Drinking scoffing like water :

* Made to fail in my judgment.-Cast in my cause.

8 Travelling in company with workers of iniquity, And walking with wicked men.

9 For he hath said, "A man gaineth nothing, "By delighting in GOD."

10 Therefore ye men of understanding, hearken to me;

Far be it from GOD to do evil,

From the ALMIGHTY to commit iniquity.

11 For he will repay a man for his work,

And according to the way of each, shall we find.

12 Yea, verily GoD will not do wrong,

Neither will the ALMIGHTY pervert judgment.

13 Who gave him charge over the earth? And who hath disposed the whole world?

14 If he set his heart on it,

He can recall his spirit, and his breath;

15 All flesh will expire together,

And man will return to dust.

16 Now if ye have understanding, hear this, Attend to the voice of my words.

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17 Shall he who hateth right govern?

And wilt thou condemn him who aboundeth in

justice?

18 Who saith to the king, thou art unprofitable, Wicked, to the nobles :

19 Who lifteth not up the faces of princes,
Nor turneth away from the cry of the poor;
For they are all the work of his hands.

20 In a moment, they shall die,

At midnight, the people shall tremble and pass away,
And the mighty shall be removed without a hand:

21 For his eyes are on the ways of man,

And he seeth all his steps:

22 There is no darkness and no shade of death, To conceal the workers of iniquity.

23 For on no man hath it yet been put, To walk with GOD in judgment.

24 He breaketh the mighty-no search, (they cannot be

found)

And setteth up others in their stead.

25 Because he knoweth their works,

They are overturned in the night-they are crushed.

26 He striketh them, like culprits,

In the place of beholders.

27 Because they turned from behind him, And would not follow all his ways.

28 Bringing before him the cry of the poor, And he heard the cry of the oppressed.

29 He acquitteth, and who shall condemn?
He hideth faces,* and who shall behold them?

30 He doth the same on a people, and on a man, From reigning (he deposeth) a polluted man, Lest he ensnare the people.

31 Is it to be said to GOD,

I have suffered what I was not bound to ?+

* Hideth faces. As the face of a culprit was covered as soon as he was condemned.

+ Not bound to.-What I did not deserve.