Elihu notes that 'Now men cannot look at the bright light which is in the skies, when the wind passes and clears them,' suggesting that divine brilliance can be perceived only when conditions are right. This verse uses the natural phenomenon of bright light in the sky as an analogy for divine presence: just as humans cannot always look directly at bright light in the sky, they cannot always perceive divine presence. Elihu suggests that divine presence, while real, may not always be clearly perceptible to humans. Yet the verse also raises questions: does the difficulty of perceiving divine presence constitute a legitimate excuse for divine hiddenness in the face of suffering? The verse demonstrates how appeals to divine transcendence can rationalize divine absence.

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