| 1. | And Eli'hu continued, and said: |
| 2. | "Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf. |
| 3. | I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and 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 does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. |
| 6. | He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. |
| 7. | He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted. |
| 8. | And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction, |
| 9. | then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. |
| 10. | He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity. |
| 11. | If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. |
| 12. | But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge. |
| 13. | "The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. |
| 14. | They die in youth, and their life ends in shame. |
| 15. | He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity. |
| 16. | He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. |
| 17. | "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. |
| 18. | Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing; and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. |
| 19. | Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? |
| 20. | Do not long for the night, when peoples are cut off in their place. |
| 21. | Take heed, do not turn to 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 for him his way, or who can say, `Thou hast done wrong'? |
| 24. | "Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. |
| 25. | All men have looked on it; man beholds it from afar. |
| 26. | Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. |
| 27. | For he draws up the drops of water, he distils his mist in rain |
| 28. | which the skies pour down, and drop upon man abundantly. |
| 29. | Can any one understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? |
| 30. | Behold, he scatters his lightning about him, and covers the roots of the sea. |
| 31. | For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. |
| 32. | He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark. |
| 33. | Its crashing declares concerning him, who is jealous with anger against iniquity. |
