Job 36
1Elihu also continued, and said,“Bear with me a little, and I will show you;
for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
I will get my knowledge from afar,
and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
For truly my words are not false.
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone.
He is mighty in strength of understanding.
He is mighty in strength of understanding.
He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked,
but gives to the afflicted their right.
but gives to the afflicted their right.
He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous,
but with kings on the throne,
he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
but with kings on the throne,
he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
If they are bound in fetters,
and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
then he shows them their work,
and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
He also opens their ears to instruction,
and commands that they return from iniquity.
and commands that they return from iniquity.
If they listen and serve him,
they shall spend their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasures.
they shall spend their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasures.
But if they don’t listen, they shall perish by the sword;
they shall die without knowledge.
they shall die without knowledge.
“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger.
They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
They die in youth.
Their life perishes among the unclean.
Their life perishes among the unclean.
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction,
and opens their ear in oppression.
and opens their ear in oppression.
Yes, he would have allured you out of distress,
into a broad place, where there is no restriction.
That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
into a broad place, where there is no restriction.
That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked.
Judgment and justice take hold of you.
Judgment and justice take hold of you.
Don’t let riches entice you to wrath,
neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
Would your wealth sustain you in distress,
or all the might of your strength?
or all the might of your strength?
Don’t desire the night,
when people are cut off in their place.
when people are cut off in their place.
Take heed, don’t regard iniquity;
for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
Behold, God is exalted in his power.
Who is a teacher like him?
Who is a teacher like him?
Who has prescribed his way for him?
Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness?’
Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness?’
“Remember that you magnify his work,
whereof men have sung.
whereof men have sung.
All men have looked thereon.
Man sees it afar off.
Man sees it afar off.
Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him.
The number of his years is unsearchable.
The number of his years is unsearchable.
For he draws up the drops of water,
which distill in rain from his vapor,
which distill in rain from his vapor,
Which the skies pour down
and which drop on man abundantly.
and which drop on man abundantly.
Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds,
and the thunderings of his pavilion?
and the thunderings of his pavilion?
Behold, he spreads his light around him.
He covers the bottom of the sea.
He covers the bottom of the sea.
For by these he judges the people.
He gives food in abundance.
He gives food in abundance.
He covers his hands with the lightning,
and commands it to strike the mark.
and commands it to strike the mark.
Its noise tells about him,
and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.
and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.
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