1. Elihu continued and said:
2. Wait a little and I will instruct you,for there are still words to be said for God.
3. I will assemble arguments from afar,and for my maker I will establish what is right.
4. For indeed, my words are not a lie;one perfect in knowledge is before you.
5. Look, God is great, not disdainful;his strength of purpose is great.He does not preserve the life of the wicked.
6. He establishes the right of the poor;he does not divert his eyes from the just
7. But he seats them upon throneswith kings, exalted forever.
8. If they are bound with fetters,held fast by bonds of affliction,
9. He lets them know what they have done,and how arrogant are their sins.
10. He opens their ears to correctionand tells them to turn back from evil.
11. If they listen and serve him,they spend their days in prosperity,their years in happiness.
12. But if they do not listen, they pass to the grave,they perish for lack of knowledge.
13. The impious in heart lay up anger;they do not cry for help when he binds them;