<p class="poetry">&#8220;Is not God on high in heaven?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">And see<n id="2" /> the lofty stars,<n id="3" /> how high they are!p>

<p class="poetry">Surely then you will delight yourself<n id="1" /> in the Almighty,p> <p class="poetry">and will lift up your face toward God.p>

<p class="poetry">For he looks to the ends of the earthp> <p class="poetry">and observes everything under the heavens.p>

<p class="poetry">But when I hoped for good, trouble came;p> <p class="poetry">when I expected light, then darkness came.p>

<p class="poetry">For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and it would uproot<n id="2" /> all my harvest.p>

<p class="poetry">if I have raised my hand<n id="1" /> to vote against the orphan,p> <p class="poetry">when I saw my support in the court,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">because I was terrified<n id="1" /> of the great multitude,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the contempt of families terrified me,p> <p class="poetry">so that I remained silentp> <p class="poetry">and would not go outdoors &#8211; <n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">So these three men refused to answer<n id="2" /> Job further, because he was righteous in his<n id="3" /> own eyes.

Now Elihu had waited before speaking<n id="1" /> to Job, because the others<n id="2" /> were older than he was.

But when Elihu saw<n id="1" /> that the three men had no further reply,<n id="2" /> he became very angry.p>

<p class="poetry">Now in this, you are not right &#8211; I answer you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for God is greater than a human being.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he does not still consider a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that he should come before God in judgment.p>

<p class="poetry">For he adds transgression<n id="1" /> to his sin;p> <p class="poetry">in our midst he claps his hands,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and multiplies his words against God.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">How much less, then,p> <p class="poetry">when you say that you do not perceive him,p> <p class="poetry">that the case is before himp> <p class="poetry">and you are waiting for him!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">And further,<n id="1" /> when you sayp> <p class="poetry">that his anger does not punish,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and that he does not know transgression!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Be careful that<n id="1" /> no one entices you with riches;p> <p class="poetry">do not let a large bribe<n id="2" /> turn you aside.p>

<p class="poetry">Take heed, do not turn to evil,p> <p class="poetry">for because of this you have been tested<n id="1" /> by affliction.p>

<p class="poetry">After that a voice roars;p> <p class="poetry">he thunders with an exalted voice,p> <p class="poetry">and he does not hold back his lightning bolts<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when his voice is heard.p>

<p class="poetry">For to the snow he says, &#8216;Fall<n id="1" /> to earth,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and to the torrential rains,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Pour down.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who set its measurements &#8211; if<n id="1" /> you know &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">or who stretched a measuring line across it?p>