1 A nd Elihu addeth and saith: --

2 H onour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God words.

3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.

4 F or, truly, my words not false, The perfect in knowledge with thee.

5 L o, God mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty power heart.

6 H e reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

7 H e withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

8 A nd if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

9 T hen He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,

10 A nd He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

11 I f they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.

12 A nd if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.

13 A nd the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

14 T heir soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.

15 H e draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

16 A nd also He moved thee from a strait place, a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

17 A nd the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

18 L est He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

19 D oth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

20 D esire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

21 T ake heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than affliction.

22 L o, God doth sit on high by His power, Who like Him -- a teacher?

23 W ho hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'

24 R emember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.

25 A ll men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.

26 L o, God high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there no searching.

27 W hen He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

28 W hich clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

29 Y ea, doth understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

30 L o, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

31 F or by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.

32 B y two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

33 H e sheweth by it his friend substance, Anger against perversity.