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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 rain²⁸ 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.