Job 36

^{Job 36:1} And Elihu continued:

^{Job 36:2} “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.

^{Job 36:3} I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

^{Job 36:4} For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

^{Job 36:5} Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

^{Job 36:6} He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

^{Job 36:7} He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

^{Job 36:8} And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

^{Job 36:9} then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

^{Job 36:10} He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

^{Job 36:11} If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

^{Job 36:12} But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

^{Job 36:13} The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

^{Job 36:14} They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.

^{Job 36:15} God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.

^{Job 36:16} Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.

^{Job 36:17} But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

^{Job 36:18} Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

^{Job 36:19} Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

^{Job 36:20} Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

^{Job 36:21} Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

^{Job 36:22} Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?

^{Job 36:23} Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?

^{Job 36:24} Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.

^{Job 36:25} All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.

^{Job 36:26} Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

^{Job 36:27} For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

^{Job 36:28} which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.

^{Job 36:29} Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?

^{Job 36:30} See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

^{Job 36:31} For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.

^{Job 36:32} He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

^{Job 36:33} The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.