Elihu Describes God’s Power

1Eliu proceaded forth in his talkinge, & sayde:

2holde the still a litle, and I shal shewe the, what I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.

3I wil open vnto ye yet more of myne vnderstondinge, and proue my maker rightuous.

4True are my wordes, & no lye: and the knowlege wherwithall I argue agaynst the, is perfecte.

5Beholde, God casteth not awaye ye mightie, for he himselff is mightie in power and wisdome.

6As for the vngodly, he preserueth the not but helpeth the poore to their right.

7He turneth not his eyes awaye from the rightuous he setteth vp kynges in their Trone, and cofirmeth them, so that they allwaye syt therin.

8But yf they be layed in preson and cheynes, or bounde with the bondes of pouerte:

9then sheweth he them their workes ad dedes and the synnes wherwt they haue vsed cruell violence.

10He with punyshinge and nurturinge off them, rowneth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse, and to amende.

11Yf they now will take hede and be obedient, they shall weere out their dayes in prosperite, and their yeares in pleasure ad ioye.

12But yff they will not obeye, they shall go thorow the swearde, & perish or euer they be awarre.

13As for soch as be fayned, dyssemblers and ypocrytes, they heape vp wrath for them selues: for they call not vpon him, though they be his presoners.

14Thus their soule perisheth in foolishnesse, and their lyfe wt ye condened.

15The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse, and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble.

16Euen so shall he kepe the (yf thou wilt be content) from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth: & yf thou wilt holde the quyete, he shal fyll thy table with plenteousnesse.

17Neuerthelesse, thou hast condemned the iudgment of the vngodly, yee euen soch a iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre.

18For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, ner pacified with many giftes.

19Hath God ordened then, that the glorious life off the & all soch mightie men shulde not be put downe?

20Prolonge not thou the tyme, till there come a night for the, to set other people in thy steade.

21But bewarre that thou turne not asyde to wickednesse and synne, which hyther to thou hast chosen more then mekenesse.

22Beholde, God is of a mightie hye power: Where is there soch a gyde and lawegeuer as he?

23Who wil reproue him of his waye? who wil saye vnto him: thou hast done wronge?

24O considre how greate and excellent his workes be, whom all men loaue and prayse:

25yee wondre at him, and yet they se him but afarre of.

26Beholde, so greate is God, that he passeth oure knowlege, nether are we able to come to ye experiece of his yeares.

27He turneth ye water to smaldroppes, he dryueth his cloudes

28together for to rayne, so that they poure downe and droppe vpon men.

29He can sprede out the cloudes (a couerynge off his tabernacle)

30and cause his light to shyne vpo them, and to couer the botome of the see.

31By these thinges gouerneth he his people, and geueth the abundaunce of meate.

32In ye turnynge of a hande he hydeth the light, & at his commaundement it commeth agayne.

33The rysinge vp therof sheweth he to his frendes and to the catell.