| 1 | Elihu also continued, and said, |
| 2 | 'Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God's behalf. |
| 3 | I will get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
| 4 | For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. |
| 5 | 'Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. |
| 6 | He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right. |
| 7 | He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted. |
| 8 | If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions, |
| 9 | Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. |
| 10 | He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity. |
| 11 | If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. |
| 12 | But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge. |
| 13 | 'But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them. |
| 14 | They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. |
| 15 | He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression. |
| 16 | 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 | 'But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you. |
| 18 | Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. |
| 19 | Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength? |
| 20 | Don't desire the night, When people are cut off in their place. |
| 21 | Take heed, don't regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction. |
| 22 | Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? |
| 23 | Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?' |
| 24 | 'Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. |
| 25 | All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off. |
| 26 | Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. |
| 27 | For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor, |
| 28 | Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly. |
| 29 | Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion? |
| 30 | Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea. |
| 31 | For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance. |
| 32 | He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. |
| 33 | The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up. |