LEB - Job - 36

36:1  Then Elihu continued and said,

36:2  “Bear with me a little longer, and ⌞I will explain⌟, for ⌞I still have something to say on God’s behalf⌟.

36:3  I will bring my knowledge from far away, and I will ascribe righteousness to my maker,

36:4  for truly my words are not falsehood; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

36:5  Look, God is mighty but does not despise anyone; he is mighty and ⌞good in understanding⌟.

36:6  He does not keep the wicked alive but grants justice to the afflicted.

36:7  He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.

36:8  “And if they are tied up with fetters, if they are caught in the cords of misery,

36:9  then he declares their work to them, and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.

36:10  So he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.

36:11  If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

36:12  But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword, and they pass away without knowledge.

36:13  And the godless of heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.

36:14  ⌞They die in their youth⌟, and their life ends among the male shrine prostitutes.

36:15  He delivers the afflicted by his misery, and he opens their ears by the adversity.

36:16  And what’s more, he allured you ⌞out of distress⌟ into a broad place, where in place of it was no constraint; and what was set on your table is full of fatness.

36:17  But you are obsessed with the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold of you.

36:18  Yes, it is wrath, so that it will not incite you into mockery; and do not let the ransom’s greatness turn you aside.

36:19  Will your cry for help sustain you without distress, or all the efforts of your strength?

36:20  You must not long for the night, to cut off people ⌞in their place⌟.

36:21  Take care, you must not turn to mischief, for because of this you have been tried by misery.

36:22  “Look, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

36:23  Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who says, ‘You have done wrong’?

36:24  Remember that you should extol his work, of which people have sung.

36:25  All human beings have looked on it; everyone watches from afar.

36:26  “Look, God is exalted, and we do not know him; the number of his years is unsearchable.

36:27  Indeed, he draws up the drops of water; he distills the rain into its mist,

36:28  which the clouds pour down; they shower abundantly on human beings.

36:29  “Moreover, ⌞can anyone understand⌟ the spreading of clouds, the thundering of his dwelling place?

36:30  Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea.

36:31  Indeed, he judges people by them; he gives food ⌞in abundance⌟.

36:32  He covers his hands with lightning, and he commands it the place at which to strike.

36:33  His thundering tells about him; the livestock also tell ⌞concerning what rises⌟.