| 36:1 |
Elihu also continued, and said, |
| 36:2 |
"Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God's behalf. |
| 36:3 |
I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
| 36:4 |
For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. |
| 36:5 |
"Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. |
| 36:6 |
He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right. |
| 36:7 |
He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted. |
| 36:8 |
If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions, |
| 36:9 |
then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. |
| 36:10 |
He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity. |
| 36:11 |
If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. |
| 36:12 |
But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die without knowledge. |
| 36:13 |
"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them. |
| 36:14 |
They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. |
| 36:15 |
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression. |
| 36:16 |
Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness. |
| 36:17 |
"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you. |
| 36:18 |
Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. |
| 36:19 |
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength? |
| 36:20 |
Don't desire the night, when people are cut off in their place. |
| 36:21 |
Take heed, don't regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction. |
| 36:22 |
Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? |
| 36:23 |
Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?' |
| 36:24 |
"Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung. |
| 36:25 |
All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off. |
| 36:26 |
Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. |
| 36:27 |
For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor, |
| 36:28 |
Which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly. |
| 36:29 |
Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion? |
| 36:30 |
Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea. |
| 36:31 |
For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance. |
| 36:32 |
He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark. |
| 36:33 |
Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up. |
