| 1 | And Elihu addeth and saith: -- |
| 2 | Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words. |
| 3 | I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness. |
| 4 | For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee. |
| 5 | Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart. |
| 6 | He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth; |
| 7 | 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 | And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction, |
| 9 | Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty, |
| 10 | And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity. |
| 11 | If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness. |
| 12 | And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge. |
| 13 | And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them. |
| 14 | Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled. |
| 15 | He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear. |
| 16 | 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 | And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury, |
| 18 | Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside. |
| 19 | Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power. |
| 20 | Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead. |
| 21 | Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction. |
| 22 | Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him -- a teacher? |
| 23 | Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?` |
| 24 | Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld. |
| 25 | All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar. |
| 26 | Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching. |
| 27 | When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour, |
| 28 | Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly. |
| 29 | Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle? |
| 30 | Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered, |
| 31 | For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance. |
| 32 | By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting, |
| 33 | He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity. |
