Job 36
1 And Elihu went on to say,
And Elius further continued, and said,
2 Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.
Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.
3 I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.
Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
4 For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.
I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words.
5 Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.
But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;
he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
7 Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.
He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
8 And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,
But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
9 Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.
And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
10 Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.
But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
11 If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.
If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.
12 But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.
But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
13 Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.
And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
14 They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.
Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
15 He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.
Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:
[there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
Let not [thy] mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
21 Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.
But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou has made choice because of poverty.
22 Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?
Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?
And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
24 See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.
Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
25 All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.
Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
26 Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.
Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
27 For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,
And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
28 Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.
The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in [thy] body.
29 And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?
And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
30 See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.
behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
31 For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.
For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
32 He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.
He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
33 The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.
The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
