Job 36
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| 1 | Elihu also proceeded, and said: |
| 2 | Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; For there are yet words on God’s behalf. |
| 3 | I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
| 4 | For truly my words are not false; One that is upright in mind is with thee. |
| 5 | Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding. |
| 6 | He preserveth not the life of the wicked; But giveth to the poor their right. |
| 7 | He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. |
| 8 | And if they be bound in fetters, And be holden in cords of affliction; |
| 9 | Then He declareth unto them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. |
| 10 | He openeth also their ear to discipline, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. |
| 11 | If they hearken and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. |
| 12 | But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. |
| 13 | But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; They cry not for help when He bindeth them. |
| 14 | Their soul perisheth in youth, And their life as that of the depraved. |
| 15 | He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, And openeth their ear by tribulation. |
| 16 | Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table is full of fatness; |
| 17 | And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold on them. |
| 18 | For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. |
| 19 | Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, Or all the forces of thy strength? |
| 20 | Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place. |
| 21 | Take heed, regard not iniquity; For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. |
| 22 | Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; Who is a teacher like Him? |
| 23 | Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: ‘Thou hast wrought unrighteousness’? |
| 24 | Remember that thou magnify His work, Whereof men have sung. |
| 25 | All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. |
| 26 | Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; The number of His years is unsearchable. |
| 27 | For He draweth away the drops of water, Which distil rain from His vapour; |
| 28 | Which the skies pour down And drop upon the multitudes of men. |
| 29 | Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The crashings of His pavilion? |
| 30 | Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; And He covereth the depths of the sea. |
| 31 | For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. |
| 32 | He covereth His hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. |
| 33 | The noise thereof telleth concerning it, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up. |