3 for the ear tests words, and the palate tastes food.
4 Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what is good—
5 for Job has said, ‘I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.
6 Should I lie concerning my justice? Though I am without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.’
7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water?
8 And he goes on the road in company with instigators of mischief, and walks with men of wickedness.
9 Indeed, he says, ‘A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.’