¹ Elihu also continued, and said,

^{2 Ref} "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God's behalf.

^{3 Ref} I will get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

^{4 Ref} For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

^{5 Ref} "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

^{6 Ref} He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.

^{7 Ref} He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted.

^{8 Ref} If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions,

^{9 Ref} Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

^{10 Ref} He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.

^{11 Ref} If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

^{12 Ref} But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.

^{13 Ref} "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.

^{14 Ref} They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

^{15 Ref} He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.

^{16 Ref} Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

^{17 Ref} "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

^{18 Ref} Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

^{19 Ref} Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?

^{20 Ref} Don't desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.

^{21 Ref} Take heed, don't regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction.

^{22 Ref} Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

^{23 Ref} Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'

^{24 Ref} "Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.

²⁵ All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

^{26 Ref} Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

^{27 Ref} For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor,

^{28 Ref} Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly.

^{29 Ref} Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion?

^{30 Ref} Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

^{31 Ref} For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

^{32 Ref} He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

^{33 Ref} The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up.

¹ And Elihu addeth and saith: --

^{2 Ref} Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God `are' words.

^{3 Ref} I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.

^{4 Ref} For, truly, my words `are' not false, The perfect in knowledge `is' with thee.

^{5 Ref} Lo, God `is' mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty `in' power `and' heart.

^{6 Ref} He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

^{7 Ref} He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And `from' kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

^{8 Ref} And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

^{9 Ref} Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,

^{10 Ref} And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

^{11 Ref} If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.

^{12 Ref} And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.

^{13 Ref} And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

^{14 Ref} Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.

^{15 Ref} He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

^{16 Ref} And also He moved thee from a strait place, `To' a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

^{17 Ref} And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

^{18 Ref} Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

^{19 Ref} Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

^{20 Ref} Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

^{21 Ref} Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than `on' affliction.

^{22 Ref} Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who `is' like Him -- a teacher?

^{23 Ref} Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'

^{24 Ref} Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.

²⁵ All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.

^{26 Ref} Lo, God `is' high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there `is' no searching.

^{27 Ref} When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

^{28 Ref} Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

^{29 Ref} Yea, doth `any' understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

^{30 Ref} Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

^{31 Ref} For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.

^{32 Ref} By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

^{33 Ref} He sheweth by it `to' his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

¹ And Elihu went on to say,

^{2 Ref} Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.

^{3 Ref} I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.

^{4 Ref} For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

^{5 Ref} Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.

^{6 Ref} His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

^{7 Ref} Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

^{8 Ref} And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

^{9 Ref} Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.

^{10 Ref} Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

^{11 Ref} If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.

^{12 Ref} But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.

^{13 Ref} Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

^{14 Ref} They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

^{15 Ref} He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

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^{21 Ref} Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

^{22 Ref} Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?

^{23 Ref} Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

^{24 Ref} See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

²⁵ All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

^{26 Ref} Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

^{27 Ref} For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,

^{28 Ref} Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.

^{29 Ref} And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

^{30 Ref} See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

^{31 Ref} For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.

^{32 Ref} He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

^{33 Ref} The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.