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.