Job 34;17 says, Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?  I believe that Elihu was asking Job how he could question God's right to judge.  Even if we feel that our suffering is a direct result of God's actions, we still have no right to question God.  We must always put our faith in God's redeeming nature.  God is not out to destroy people, which could easily do, but instead has provided for their redemption.  Verse eighteen asks, Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?  I believe that Elihu was asking how those earthly rulers would respond to our condemning them as evil and unfit.  At the time that Elihu was speaking to Job, the rulers of nations had absolute power over their subjects.  Still, their power was nothing compared to the power of God, and Job was questioning God's right to judge him and claiming that God was unfair to Him.  If Job made the same claim about those earthly rulers, he could expect that they would not allow him to continue without consequences.  Fortunately, we do have the right to question those in power in America, but that is not true everywhere.  No matter where we are though, we never have the right to question God's fairness in his judgment of anyone.  Verse nineteen says, How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.  Elihu asked Job if earthly rulers would not allow people to speak or act badly toward them, then how much more did God have the right to expect His people to not speak badly against Him.  Elihu said that their material status did not affect God's judgment.  He does not judge the rich and powerful to be more important than the weak and suffering.  Verse twenty states, In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.  No matter how powerful a person may feel in this world, they cannot guarantee that they have even another second to live.  God alone can sustain life.  God will never need people to carry out His judgment, but He does choose to work through people generally.  Verse twenty-one says, For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.  We can be certain that God not only knows our actions, but He even knows the reasons behind those actions.  Verse twenty-two declares, There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.  As Elihu stated, there is no where to hide from God.  No matter how clever we may think we are in hiding our sins from the world, God always sees them.  Verse twenty-three says, For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God,  I believe that Elihu was just once more stating that God does not judge people unfairly.  This I believe means that if God's people are suffering that God is not the direct cause of that suffering.  Verse twenty-four says, He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.  No matter how powerful the rulers of the world may be, they are powerless before God if He brings His judgment on them.  I believe this would mean that not all rulers are placed in power by God.  Verse twenty-five says, Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.  We know that ultimately God will defeat all the evil kingdoms of the world, but it will not be until Christ returns in victory.  Verse twenty-six says, He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;  I believe that Elihu was saying that when God punishes those who rule in evil that there will be no doubt that He is the One doing it.  Verse twenty-seven says, Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:  We may feel that this is what is happening in the world today, but there are still some who are followers of Christ at work in the world.  We need to continue to work and witness for God.  Verse twenty-eight says, So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.  I believe that Elihu was saying that when the poor are oppressed that God takes notice.  One day, God will judge all people based on their relationship to Christ, and if we are truly followers of Christ, we will have concern for those who are less fortunate than us in the material things of this world.