1 Elihu also proceeded , and said ,
2 Suffer me a little , and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf .
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar , and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker .
4 For truly my words shall not be false : he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee .
5 Behold , God is mighty , and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom .
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked : but giveth right to the poor .
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous : but with kings are they on the throne ; yea, he doth establish them for ever , and they are exalted .
8 And if they be bound in fetters , and be holden in cords of affliction ;
9 Then he sheweth them their work , and their transgressions that they have exceeded .
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline , and commandeth that they return from iniquity .
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity , and their years in pleasures .
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword , and they shall die without knowledge .
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath : they cry not when he bindeth them .
14 They die in youth , and their life is among the unclean .
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction , and openeth their ears in oppression .
16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place , where there is no straitness ; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness .
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked : judgment and justice take hold on thee .
18 Because there is wrath , beware lest he take thee away with his stroke : then a great ransom cannot deliver thee .
19 Will he esteem thy riches ? no, not gold , nor all the forces of strength .
20 Desire not the night , when people are cut off in their place .
21 Take heed , regard not iniquity : for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction .
22 Behold , God exalteth by his power : who teacheth like him?
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity ?
24 Remember that thou magnify his work , which men behold .
25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
26 Behold , God is great , and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water : they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof :
28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly .
29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds , or the noise of his tabernacle ?
30 Behold , he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For by them judgeth he the people ; he giveth meat in abundance .
32 With clouds he covereth the light ; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt .
33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour .