¹Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:

¹Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:

²Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio,Does it seem right to you in your thoughts,ut diceres:that you should say,Justior sum Deo?“I am more just than God?”

²Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio,Does it seem right to you in your thoughts,ut diceres:that you should say,Justior sum Deo?“I am more just than God?”

³Dixisti enim:For you said,Non tibi placet quod rectum est:“Having done what is right does not please you,” and,vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?“How will it benefit you, if I sin?”

³Dixisti enim:For you said,Non tibi placet quod rectum est:“Having done what is right does not please you,” and,vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?“How will it benefit you, if I sin?”

⁴Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis,And so, I will respond to your words,et amicis tuis tecum.and to your friends who are with you.

⁴Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis,And so, I will respond to your words,et amicis tuis tecum.and to your friends who are with you.

⁵Suspice cælum, et intuere:Look up towards heaven and consider;et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.

⁵Suspice cælum, et intuere:Look up towards heaven and consider;et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.

⁶Si peccaveris,If you sin,quid ei nocebis?how will it hurt him?et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ,And if your iniquities are multiplied,quid facies contra eum?what will you do against him?

⁶Si peccaveris,If you sin,quid ei nocebis?how will it hurt him?et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ,And if your iniquities are multiplied,quid facies contra eum?what will you do against him?

⁷Porro si juste egeris,Furthermore, if you act justly,quid donabis ei?what will you give him,aut quid de manu tua accipiet?or what will he receive from your hand?

⁷Porro si juste egeris,Furthermore, if you act justly,quid donabis ei?what will you give him,aut quid de manu tua accipiet?or what will he receive from your hand?

⁸Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua:Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you,et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.though your justice may help the son of the man.

⁸Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua:Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you,et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.though your justice may help the son of the man.

⁹Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt,Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out;et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.

⁹Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt,Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out;et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.

¹⁰Et non dixit:Yet he has not said:Ubi est Deus qui fecit me,“Where is God, who made me,qui dedit carmina in nocte;who has given songs in the night,

¹⁰Et non dixit:Yet he has not said:Ubi est Deus qui fecit me,“Where is God, who made me,qui dedit carmina in nocte;who has given songs in the night,

¹¹qui docet nos super jumenta terræ,who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth,et super volucres cæli erudit nos?and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”

¹¹qui docet nos super jumenta terræ,who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth,et super volucres cæli erudit nos?and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”

¹²Ibi clamabunt,There they will cry,et non exaudiet,and he will not heed them,propter superbiam malorum.because of the arrogance of the wicked.

¹²Ibi clamabunt,There they will cry,et non exaudiet,and he will not heed them,propter superbiam malorum.because of the arrogance of the wicked.

¹³Non ergo frustra audiet Deus,Therefore, God does not hear in vain,et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.and the Almighty will look into each and every case.

¹³Non ergo frustra audiet Deus,Therefore, God does not hear in vain,et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.and the Almighty will look into each and every case.

¹⁴Etiam cum dixeris:And so, when you say,Non considerat:“He does not examine,”judicare coram illo,be judged before him,et expecta eum.but wait for him.

¹⁴Etiam cum dixeris:And so, when you say,Non considerat:“He does not examine,”judicare coram illo,be judged before him,et expecta eum.but wait for him.

¹⁵Nunc enim non infert furorem suum,For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury,nec ulciscitur scelus valde.nor does he punish sin exceedingly.

¹⁵Nunc enim non infert furorem suum,For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury,nec ulciscitur scelus valde.nor does he punish sin exceedingly.

¹⁶Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum,Therefore,et absque scientia verba multiplicat.Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.

¹⁶Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum,Therefore,et absque scientia verba multiplicat.Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.