1. Elihu continued to speak ⌊to Job⌋,
2. “Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show youthat there is more to be said in God’s defense.
3. I will get my knowledge from far awayand prove that my Creator is fair.
4. Certainly, my words are not lies.The one who knows everything is ⌊speaking⌋ with you.
5. “Certainly, God is mighty.He doesn’t despise anyone.He is mighty and brave.
6. He doesn’t allow the wicked person to live.He grants justice to those who are oppressed.
7. He doesn’t take his eyes off righteous people.He seats them on thrones with kings to honor them forever.
8. However, if righteous people are bound in chainsand tangled in ropes of misery,
9. he tells them what they’ve done wrongand that they’ve behaved arrogantly.
10. He makes them listen to his warningand orders them to turn away from wrong.
11. “If righteous people listen and serve ⌊him⌋,they will live out their days in prosperityand their years in comfort.
12. But if they don’t listen,they will cross the River ⌊of Death⌋and die like those who have no knowledge.
13. But those who have godless hearts remain angry.They don’t even call for help when he chains them up.
14. They die while they’re young,or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols.
15. He rescues suffering people through their suffering,and he opens their ears through distress.
16. “Yes, he lured you away from the jaws of troubleinto an open area where you were not restrained,and your table was covered with rich foods.
17. But you are given the judgment evil people deserve.A fair judgment will be upheld.
18. Be careful that you are not led astray with riches.Don’t let a large bribe turn you ⌊to evil ways⌋.
19. Will your riches save you from having to suffer?Will all your mighty strength help you?
20. Don’t look forward to the night,when people disappear from their places.
21. Be careful! Don’t turn to evil,because you have chosen evil instead of suffering.
22. “God does great things by his power.Is there any teacher like him?
23. Who can tell him which way he should go?Who can say to him, ‘You did wrong’?
24. Remember that you should praise his work.People have sung about it.
25. Every person has seen it.Mortals have looked at it from a distance.
26. “Certainly, God is so greatthat he is beyond our understanding.The number of his years cannot be counted.
27. He collects drops of water.He distills rain from his mist,
28. which then drips from the clouds.It pours down on many people.
29. Can anyone really understand how clouds spread outor how he thunders from his dwelling place?
30. Look, he scatters his flashes of lightning around himand covers the depths of the sea.
31. This is how he uses the rains to provide for peopleand to give them more than enough food.
32. He fills his hands with lightningand orders it to hit the target.
33. The thunder announces his coming.The storm announces his angry wrath.