1 ¶ Elihu proceeded, and said,

2 Bear with me a little, and I will show you that I have more to say on God’s behalf.

3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

4 For truly my words will not be false: for one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

5 ¶ Behold, God is mighty, and yet despises no one: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

6 He does not preserve the life of the wicked: but gives justice to the afflicted.

7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous: but seats them forever with kings upon the throne; yea, and they are exalted.

8 And if they are bound in chains, and held by cords of affliction;

9 Then he reveals to them what they have done, and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

10 He opens their ear to instruction, and commands them to turn away from iniquity.

11 If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in happiness.

12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword, and they will die without knowledge.

13 But those who have a godless heart harbor anger against him: they do not cry out to him when he binds them.

14 They die while they are young, and their life is with the Sodomites.

15 ¶ He delivers those who suffer by their suffering, and opens their ears by means of distress.

16 Indeed, God drew you out of the mouth of adversity into a broad place, where there is no privation; and where your table was set with food in abundance.

17 But you are obsessed with the judgement due the wicked: judgment and justice have caught up with you.

18 Be careful that no one entices you with riches, and do not let a bribe turn you aside.

19 Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, or all your physical effort.

20 Do not desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

21 Be careful, do not turn to evil: because this is why you have been tested with affliction.

22 Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him?

23 Who has appointed his way for him? or who can say, You have done wrong?

24 ¶ Remember to praise his work, which men have sung about.

25 All men have looked upon it; man may see it from afar.

26 Behold, God is great, and we do not know him, nor can the number of his years be discovered.

27 For he draws up the drops of water: and they pour down as rain from its vapor:

28 Which the clouds distil and drop upon man abundantly.

29 Also can anyone understand how the clouds spread out, or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?

30 Behold, he spreads his lightning around it, and covers the depths of the sea.

31 For by the clouds God judges the people; and provides food in abundance.

32 He covers his hands with lightning; and commands it to hit the mark.

33 His thunder announces him, and tells even the cattle of the coming storm.