1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet
to speak on God's behalf.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe
righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with
thee.
5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty
in strength and wisdom.
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right
to the poor.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with
kings are they on
the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be
holden in cords of affliction;
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions
that they have exceeded.
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that
they return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and
they shall die without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when
he bindeth them.
14 They die in youth, and their life is among
the unclean.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their
ears in oppression.
16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a
broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should
be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment
and justice take hold on thee.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest
he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot
deliver thee.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their
place.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen
rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast
wrought iniquity?
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar
off.
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not,
neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain
according to the vapour thereof:
28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the
clouds, or the
noise of his tabernacle?
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the
bottom of the sea.
31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in
abundance.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that
cometh betwixt.
33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also
concerning the vapour.
