| 1 | Eliu also proceeded, and said: |
| 2 | Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf. |
| 3 | I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just. |
| 4 | For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee. |
| 5 | God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty. |
| 6 | But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor. |
| 7 | He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted. |
| 8 | And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty: |
| 9 | He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. |
| 10 | He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity. |
| 11 | If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory. |
| 12 | But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly. |
| 13 | Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound. |
| 14 | Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate. |
| 15 | He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. |
| 16 | Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. |
| 17 | Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. |
| 18 | Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. |
| 19 | Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. |
| 20 | Prolong not the night that people may come up for them. |
| 21 | Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. |
| 22 | Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers. |
| 23 | Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou has wrought iniquity? |
| 24 | Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung. |
| 25 | All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off. |
| 26 | Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable. |
| 27 | He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods: |
| 28 | Which flow from the clouds that cover all above. |
| 29 | If he will spread out clouds as his tent, |
| 30 | And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea. |
| 31 | For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals. |
| 32 | In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again. |
| 33 | He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it. |
