| 36 | Job | ||
| 1 | And Elihu continued, and said: | ||
| 2 | "Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf. | ||
| 3 | I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | ||
| 4 | For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. | ||
| 5 | "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. | ||
| 6 | He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. | ||
| 7 | He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted. | ||
| 8 | And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction, | ||
| 9 | then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. | ||
| 10 | He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity. | ||
| 11 | If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. | ||
| 12 | But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge. | ||
| 13 | "The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. | ||
| 14 | They die in youth, and their life ends in shame. | ||
| 15 | He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity. | ||
| 16 | He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. | ||
| 17 | "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. | ||
| 18 | Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing; and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. | ||
| 19 | Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? | ||
| 20 | Do not long for the night, when peoples are cut off in their place. | ||
| 21 | Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. | ||
| 22 | Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? | ||
| 23 | Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, 'You have done wrong?' | ||
| 24 | "Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. | ||
| 25 | All men have looked on it; man beholds it from afar. | ||
| 26 | Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. | ||
| 27 | For he draws up the drops of water, he distils his mist in rain | ||
| 28 | which the skies pour down, and drop upon man abundantly. | ||
| 29 | Can any one understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? | ||
| 30 | Behold, he scatters his lightning about him, and covers the roots of the sea. | ||
| 31 | For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. | ||
| 32 | He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark. | ||
| 33 | Its crashing declares concerning him, who is jealous with anger against iniquity. | ||
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