Dual Panel1Elihu <0453> said <0559> further:
2“Be patient <03803> with me a little <02191> longer <05750> and I will instruct <02331> you, for <03588> I still have words <04405> to speak on God’s <0433> behalf.
3With my knowledge <01843> I will speak <05375> comprehensively <07350>, and to my Creator <06466> I will ascribe <05414> righteousness <06664>.
4For <03588> in truth <0551>, my words <04405> are not <03808> false <08267>; it is one complete <08549> in knowledge <01844> who is with <05973> you.
5Indeed <02005>, God <0410> is mighty <03524>; and he does not <03808> despise <03988> people, he is mighty <03524>, and firm <03581> in his intent <03820>.
6He does not <03808> allow the wicked <07563> to live <02421>, but he gives <05414> justice <04941> to the poor <06041>.
7He does not <03808> take <01639> his eyes <05869> off <01639> the righteous <06662>; but with <0854> kings <04428> on the throne <03678> he seats <03427> the righteous and exalts <01361> them forever <05331>.
8But if <0518> they are bound <0631> in chains <02131>, and held captive <03920> by the cords <02256> of affliction <06040>,
9then he reveals <05046> to them <01992> what they have done <06467>, and their transgressions <06588>, that <03588> they were behaving proudly <01396>.
10And he reveals <0241> <01540> this for correction <04148>, and says <0559> that <03588> they must turn <07725> from evil <0205>.
11If <0518> they obey <08085> and serve <05647> him, they live out <03615> their days <03117> in prosperity <02896> and their years <08141> in pleasantness <05273>.
12But if <0518> they refuse to listen <08085>, they pass over <05674> the river of death <07973>, and expire <01478> without <01097> knowledge <01847>.
13The godless <02611> at heart <03820> nourish <07760> anger <0639>, they do not <03808> cry out <07768> even when <03588> he binds <0631> them.
14They die <04191> in their youth <05290>, and their life <02416> ends among the male cultic prostitutes <06945>.
15He delivers <02502> the afflicted <06041> by their afflictions <06040>, he reveals <01540> himself to them <0241> by their suffering <03906>.
16And surely <0637>, he drew <05496> you from the mouth <06310> of distress <06862>, to a wide place <07338>, unrestricted <04164> <03808>, and to <08478> the comfort <05183> of your table <07979> filled <04390> with rich food <01880>.
17But now you are preoccupied <04390> with the judgment <01779> <01779> due the wicked <07563>, judgment and justice <04941> take hold <08551> of you.
18Be careful <02534> that <03588> no <06435> one entices <05496> you with riches <05607>; do not <0408> let a large <07227> bribe <03724> turn <05186> you aside <05186>.
19Would your wealth <07769> sustain <06186> you, so that you would not <03808> be in distress, even all <03605> your mighty <03581> efforts <03981>?
20Do not <0408> long <07602> for the cover of night <03915> to drag <05927> people <05971> away from their homes <08478>.
21Take heed <08104>, do not <0408> turn <06437> to <0413> evil <0205>, for because <03588> of this <02088> you have been tested <0977> by affliction <06040>.
22Indeed <02005>, God <0410> is exalted <07682> in his power <03581>; who <04310> is a teacher <03384> like <03644> him?
23Who <04310> has prescribed <06485> his ways <01870> for <05921> him? Or said <0559> to him, ‘You have done <06466> what is wicked <05766>’?
24Remember <02142> to extol <07679> his work <06467>, which <0834> people <0376> have praised <07891> in song.
25All <03605> humanity <0120> has seen <02372> it; people <0582> gaze on <05027> it from afar <07350>.
26“Yes <02005>, God <0410> is great <07689>– beyond <03808> our knowledge <03045>! The number <04557> of his years <08141> is unsearchable <02714> <03808>.
27He draws up <01639> drops <05198> of water <04325>; they distill <02212> the rain <04306> into its mist <0108>,
28which <0834> the clouds <07834> pour down <05140> and shower <07491> on <05921> humankind <0120> abundantly <07227>.
29Who can understand <0995> the spreading <04666> of the clouds <05645>, the thunderings <08663> of his pavilion <05521>?
30See <02005> how he scattered <06566> his lightning <0216> about him; he has covered <03680> the depths <08328> of the sea <03220>.
31It is by these that he judges <01777> the nations <05971> and supplies <05414> food <0400> in abundance <04342>.
32With <05921> his hands <03709> he covers <03680> the lightning <0216>, and directs <06680> it against <05921> its target <06293>.
33His thunder <07452> announces <05046> the coming storm, the cattle <04735> also <0637>, concerning <05921> the storm’s approach <05927>.