Job 36
1 Elihu continued:
2 “Wait a little longer for me, and I will show you, for there are still words to be spoken for God.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar and give justice to my Maker.
4 For truly, my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 Look, God is mighty and despises no one; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 He does not let the wicked live, but gives justice to the needy.
7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he seats them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.
8 They may be bound in chains, caught in the ropes of affliction.
9 Then he shows them what they have done and the transgressions in which they grew proud.
10 He opens their ears to correction and tells them to turn from wrongdoing.
11 If they listen and serve him, they will finish their days in prosperity and their years in pleasure.”
12 “But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13 Those who are godless at heart harbor anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
14 Their lives end in their youth, and their years among the male cult prostitutes.
15 He rescues the afflicted through their affliction and opens their ears through oppression.
16 And you too: he drew you from the jaws of distress into an open place, free from constraint, and what is set on your table is rich with fat.
17 But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice will hold you fast.
18 Do not let anger entice you into mockery, and do not let the great ransom turn you aside.
19 Will your cry be enough without riches, or all the exertions of your strength?
20 Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish from their place.
21 Take care not to turn to wrongdoing; this is what you chose instead of affliction.
22 God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?”
23 “Who prescribed his way for him? Who said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24 Remember to exalt his work, which people sing about.
25 Everyone has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
26 God is great, and we do not know him; the number of his years cannot be searched out.
27 For he draws up drops of water, and they distill as rain from his mist.
28 The clouds pour it down and shower it on many people.
29 Who can understand the spread of the clouds, the thunder from his tent?
30 Look, he spreads his light around him and covers the roots of the sea.
31 For by these he judges the peoples and gives food in abundance.
32 He covers his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33 Its thunder announces him; even the cattle announce what is coming.”
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