Job 36

Elihu Extols God’s Greatness

1And Elihu continued, and said:

2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you,
for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.
3I will get my knowledge from ^aafar
and ascribe ^brighteousness to my ^cMaker.
4For truly my words are not false;
one who is ^dperfect in knowledge is with you.
5 “Behold, God is mighty, and ^edoes not despise any;
he is ^fmighty in strength of understanding.
6He does not keep the wicked alive,
but gives ^gthe afflicted their right.
7He does not withdraw his ^heyes from the righteous,
but with ⁱkings on the throne
he sets them forever, and they are ^jexalted.
8And if they are ^kbound in chains
and caught in the cords of affliction,
9then he declares to them their work
and their transgressions, that they are ^lbehaving arrogantly.
10He ^mopens their ears to instruction
and commands that they ⁿreturn from iniquity.
11 ^oIf they listen and serve him,
they ^pcomplete their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasantness.
12But if they do not listen, they ^qperish by the sword
and die ^rwithout knowledge.
13 “The ^sgodless in heart cherish anger;
they do not cry for help when he ^tbinds them.
14They ^udie in youth,
and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
15He delivers ^vthe afflicted by their affliction
and ^wopens their ear by adversity.
16He also allured you out of distress
into ^xa broad place where there was no cramping,
and what was set on your ^ytable was full of ^zfatness.
17 “But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;
judgment and justice seize you.
18Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
and let not the greatness of ^aathe ransom turn you aside.
19Will your ^abcry for help avail to keep you from distress,
or all the force of your strength?
20Do not long for ^acthe night,
when peoples vanish ^adin their place.
21Take care; ^aedo not turn to iniquity,
for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
22Behold, God is exalted in his power;
who is ^afa teacher like him?
23Who has ^agprescribed for him his way,
or who can say, ^ah‘You have done wrong’?
24 “Remember to ^aiextol his work,
of which men have ^ajsung.
25All mankind has looked on it;
man beholds it from afar.
26Behold, God is great, and we ^akknow him not;
the number of his ^alyears is unsearchable.
27For he draws up the drops of water;
they distill his ^ammist in ^anrain,
28which ^aothe skies pour down
and drop on mankind abundantly.
29Can anyone understand ^apthe spreading of the clouds,
the thunderings of his ^aqpavilion?
30Behold, he scatters his lightning about him
and covers the roots of the sea.
31For by these he ^arjudges peoples;
he gives ^asfood in abundance.
32He covers his ^athands with the lightning
and commands it to strike the mark.
33Its crashing declares his presence; ▼

▼Hebrew  declares concerning him

the cattle also declare that he rises.