¹ Elihu also continued, and said, ² “Bear with me a little, and I will show you; ³ I will get my knowledge from afar, ⁴ For truly my words are not false. ⁵ “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. ⁶ He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, ⁷ He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, ⁸ If they are bound in fetters, ⁹ then he shows them their work, ¹⁰ He also opens their ears to instruction, ¹¹ If they listen and serve him, ¹² But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; ¹³ “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. ¹⁴ They die in youth. ¹⁵ He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, ¹⁶ Yes, he would have allured you out of distress,
into a wide place, where there is no restriction. ¹⁷ “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. ¹⁸ Don’t let riches entice you to wrath,
neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. ¹⁹ Would your wealth sustain you in distress, ²⁰ Don’t desire the night, ²¹ Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; ²² Behold, God is exalted in his power. ²³ Who has prescribed his way for him? ²⁴ “Remember that you magnify his work,
about which men have sung. ²⁵ All men have looked on it. ²⁶ Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. ²⁷ For he draws up the drops of water, ²⁸ which the skies pour down ²⁹ Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds ³⁰ Behold, he spreads his light around him. ³¹ For by these he judges the people. ³² He covers his hands with the lightning, ³³ Its noise tells about him,