| 1 Eliu also proceeded, and said: | |
| 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf. | |
| 3 I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just. | |
| 4 For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee. | |
| 5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty. | |
| 6 But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor. | |
| 7 He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted. | |
| 8 And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty: | |
| 9 He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. | |
| 10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity. | |
| 11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory. | |
| 12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly. | |
| 13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound. | |
| 14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate. | |
| 15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. | |
| 16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. | |
| 17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. | |
| 18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. | |
| 19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. | |
| 20 Prolong not the night that people may come up for them. | |
| 21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. | |
| 22 Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers. | |
| 23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou has wrought iniquity? | |
| 24 Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung. | |
| 25 All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off. | |
| 26 Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable. | |
| 27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods: | |
| 28 Which flow from the clouds that cover all above. | |
| 29 If he will spread out clouds as his tent, | |
| 30 And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea. | |
| 31 For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals. | |
| 32 In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again. | |
| 33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it. | |
