- 1. And Elihu addeth and saith: --
- 2. Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God `are' words.
- 3. I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
- 4. For, truly, my words `are' not false, The perfect in knowledge `is' with thee.
- 5. Lo, God `is' mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty `in' power `and' heart.
- 6. He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
- 7. He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And `from' kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
- 8. And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
- 9. Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
- 10. And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
- 11. If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
- 12. And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
- 13. And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
- 14. Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
- 15. He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
- 16. And also He moved thee from a strait place, `To' a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
- 17. And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,
- 18. Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
- 19. Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
- 20. Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
- 21. Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than `on' affliction.
- 22. Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who `is' like Him -- a teacher?
- 23. Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'
- 24. Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
- 25. All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
- 26. Lo, God `is' high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there `is' no searching.
- 27. When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
- 28. Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
- 29. Yea, doth `any' understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
- 30. Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
- 31. For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
- 32. By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
- 33. He sheweth by it `to' his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
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