CPDV - Job - 36

36:1  Continuing in a similar manner, Eliu had this to say:

36:2  Bear with me for a little while and I will show you; for I have still more to say in favor of God.

36:3  I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just.

36:4  For truly my words are without any falsehood and perfect knowledge will be proven to you.

36:5  God does not abandon the powerful, for he himself is also powerful.

36:6  But he does not save the impious, though he grants judgment to the poor.

36:7  He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.

36:8  And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,

36:9  he will reveal to them their works, as well as their sinfulness, in that they were violent.

36:10  Likewise, he will open their ears to his correction, and he will speak to them, so that they may return from iniquity.

36:11  If they listen and obey, they will fill their days with goodness and complete their years in glory.

36:12  But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.

36:13  The false and the crafty provoke the wrath of God, yet they do not cry out to him when they are chained.

36:14  Their soul will die in a storm, and their life, among the unmanly.

36:15  He will rescue the poor from his anguish, and he will open his ear during tribulation.

36:16  Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.

36:17  Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.

36:18  Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.

36:19  Lay down your greatness without distress, and put aside all of your power with courage.

36:20  Do not prolong the night, even if people rise on their behalf.

36:21  Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity; for, after your misery, you have begun to follow this.

36:22  Behold, God is exalted in his strength, and there is no one like him among the law-givers.

36:23  Who is able to investigate his ways? And who can say, “You have done iniquity,” to him?

36:24  Remember that you are ignorant of his work, yet men have sung its praises.

36:25  All men consider him; and each one ponders from a distance.

36:26  Behold, God is great, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable.

36:27  He carries away the drops of rain, and he sends forth showers like a raging whirlpool;

36:28  they flow from the clouds that are woven above everything.

36:29  If he wills it, he extends the clouds as his tent

36:30  and shines with his light from above; likewise, he covers the oceans within his tent.

36:31  For he judges the people by these things, and he gives food to a multitude of mortals.

36:32  Within his hands, he hides the light, and he commands it to come forth again.

36:33  He announces it to his friend, for it is his possession and he is able to reach out to it.