1. Elihu also continued, and said,
2. “Bear with me a little, and I will show you;for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
3. I will get my knowledge from afar,and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4. For truly my words are not false.One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5. “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone.He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6. He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked,but gives to the afflicted their right.
7. He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous,but with kings on the throne,he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8. If they are bound in fetters,and are taken in the cords of afflictions,