Job 34:1-7

New King James Version

² “Hear my words, you wise men;
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
^3 (A)For the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food.
⁴ Let us choose justice for ourselves;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.

⁵ “For Job has said, ^(B)‘I am righteous,
But ^(C)God has taken away my justice;
^6 (D)Should I lie concerning my right?
My ^[a]wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
⁷ What man is like Job,
^(E)Who drinks ^[b]scorn like water,