Elihu
also proceeded,
and said,
Suffer
me a little,
and I will shew
thee that I have yet to speak
on God's
behalf.
I will fetch
my knowledge
from afar,
and will ascribe
righteousness
to my Maker.
For truly
my words
shall not be false:
he that is perfect
in knowledge
is with thee.
Behold, God
is mighty,
and despiseth
not any: he is mighty
in strength
and wisdom.
He preserveth not the life
of the wicked:
but giveth
right
to the poor.
He withdraweth
not his eyes
from the righteous:
but with kings
are they on the throne;
yea, he doth establish
them for ever,
and they are exalted.
And if they be bound
in fetters,
and be holden
in cords
of affliction;
Then he sheweth
them their work,
and their transgressions
that they have exceeded.
He openeth
also their ear
to discipline,
and commandeth
that they return
from iniquity.
If they obey
and serve
him, they shall spend
their days
in prosperity,
and their years
in pleasures.
But if they obey
not, they shall perish
by the sword,
and they shall die
without knowledge.
But the hypocrites
in heart
heap up
wrath:
they cry
not when he bindeth
them.
They
die
in youth,
and their life
is among the unclean.
He delivereth
the poor
in his affliction,
and openeth
their ears
in oppression.
Even so would he have removed
thee out of the strait
into a broad place,
where
there is no straitness;
and that which should be set
on thy table
should be full
of fatness.
over and above
προσέτι
proseti
pouring over
κατάχυσις
katachysis
But thou hast fulfilled
the judgment
of the wicked:
judgment
and justice
take hold
on thee.
Because there is wrath,
beware lest he take thee away
with his stroke:
then a great
ransom
cannot deliver
thee.
Will he esteem
thy riches?
no, not gold,
nor all the forces
of strength.
Desire
not the night,
when people
are cut off
in their place.
Take heed,
regard
not iniquity:
for this hast thou chosen
rather than affliction.
Behold, God
exalteth
by his power:
who teacheth
like him?
Who hath enjoined
him his way?
or who can say,
Thou hast wrought
iniquity?
Remember
that thou magnify
his work,
which men
behold.
Every man
may see
it; man
may behold
it afar off.
Behold, God
is great,
and we know
him not, neither can the number
of his years
be searched out.
For he maketh small
the drops
of water:
they pour down
rain
according to the vapour
thereof:
Which the clouds
do drop
and distil
upon man
abundantly.
antiquity
παλαιώματα
palaiōmata
overshadow
ἐσκίασεν
eskiasen
unspeakable
ἀμυθήτων
amythētōn
mortal man
βροτῶν
brotōn
aware
οἴδασιν
oidasin
Also can any understand
the spreadings
of the clouds,
or the noise
of his tabernacle?
Behold, he spreadeth
his light
upon it, and covereth
the bottom
of the sea.
For by them judgeth
he the people;
he giveth
meat
in abundance.
With clouds
he covereth
the light;
and commandeth
it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
The noise
thereof sheweth
concerning it, the cattle
also concerning the vapour.
