1 Elihu continued and said:
2 "Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show you, for there are still words to say for God.
3 I will bring my knowledge from far away, and I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words are no lie; one complete in knowledge is here with you.
5 See, God is mighty and does not despise anyone; mighty is he in strength of understanding.
6 He does not let the wicked live, but he grants justice to the afflicted.
7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he sets them with kings upon the throne for ever, and they are lifted high.
8 And if they are bound with chains and held captive in cords of affliction,
9 then he shows them what they have done, and their transgressions, how they have behaved proudly.
10 He opens their ear to correction and tells them to turn back from iniquity.
11 If they hear and serve him, they will end their days in good things and their years in delights.
12 But if they do not hear, they will pass away by the weapon and die for lack of knowledge.
13 The godless in heart harbor anger; they do not cry for help when he fetters them.
14 Their soul dies in youth, and their life among the cult prostitutes.
15 He rescues the afflicted by means of their affliction and opens their ear by oppression.
16 He would also have lured you from the mouth of distress into a broad place with no cramping beneath it, and your table would have been set with rich food.
17 But you are taken up with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have hold of you.
18 Take care that wrath does not entice you into scoffing, and do not let a large ransom lead you astray.
19 Will your cry for help keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
20 Do not pant for the night, when peoples are cut off where they stand.
21 Be on your guard; do not turn to iniquity, for you have preferred it to affliction.
22 See, God acts loftily in his power; who teaches like him?
23 Who has appointed his way for him? Who can say, 'You have done wrong'?
24 Remember to exalt his work, which men have celebrated in song.
25 All men have gazed on it; mortals see it from far off.
26 See, God is great beyond our knowing; the count of his years cannot be searched out.
27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill into rain from his mist,
28 which the clouds pour down and drip upon man in abundance.
29 Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out, or the crashing from his pavilion?
30 See, he scatters his lightning about him, and he covers the roots of the sea.
31 For by these he judges the peoples; he gives food in plenty.
32 He wraps his hands in the lightning and orders it to hit its target.
33 Its thunder announces him; the cattle also announce what is coming up.