1. Elihu continued speaking:
2. “Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.For I have not finished defending God!
3. I will present profound argumentsfor the righteousness of my Creator.
4. I am telling you nothing but the truth,for I am a man of great knowledge.
5. “God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!He is mighty in both power and understanding.
6. He does not let the wicked livebut gives justice to the afflicted.
7. He never takes his eyes off the innocent,but he sets them on thrones with kingsand exalts them forever.