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¹ Elihu also proceeded, and said:² Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.³ I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.⁴ For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.

⁵ Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.⁶ He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.⁷ He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; ⁸ And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;⁹ Then He declareth unto them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.¹⁰ He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.¹¹ If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.¹² But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.¹³ But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry not for help when He bindeth them.¹⁴ Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.

¹⁵ He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.¹⁶ Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; ¹⁷ And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.¹⁸ For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.¹⁹ Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?²⁰ Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.²¹ Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.²² Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?²³ Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?

²⁴ Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.²⁵ All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.²⁶ Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.²⁷ For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;²⁸ Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.²⁹ Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?³⁰ Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.³¹ For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.³² He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.³³ The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.