Job 36
1 Continuing in a similar manner, Eliu had this to say:
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
2 Bear with me for a little while and I will show you; for I have still more to say in favor of God.
Allow me a little, and I will show thee. For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.
3 I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my maker.
4 For truly my words are without any falsehood and perfect knowledge will be proven to you.
(For truly my words are not false.) He who is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 God does not abandon the powerful, for he himself is also powerful.
Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 But he does not save the impious, though he grants judgment to the poor.
He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.
7 He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted.
8 And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,
And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions,
9 he will reveal to them their works, as well as their sinfulness, in that they were violent.
then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10 Likewise, he will open their ears to his correction, and he will speak to them, so that they may return from iniquity.
He also opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11 If they listen and obey, they will fill their days with goodness and complete their years in glory.
If they hearken and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.
But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 The false and the crafty provoke the wrath of God, yet they do not cry out to him when they are chained.
But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them.
14 Their soul will die in a storm, and their life, among the unmanly.
They die in youth, and their life perishes among the unclean.
15 He will rescue the poor from his anguish, and he will open his ear during tribulation.
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
16 Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.
Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
17 Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.
But thou have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold,
18 Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.
and there shall be wrath upon the impious because of the ungodliness of bribes which the unrighteous receive.
19 Lay down your greatness without distress, and put aside all of your power with courage.
Will thy cry not avail in distress, or all the forces of strength?
20 Do not prolong the night, even if people rise on their behalf.
Do not desire the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity; for, after your misery, you have begun to follow this.
Take heed. Do not turn to iniquity, for thou have fixed on this because of affliction.
22 Behold, God is exalted in his strength, and there is no one like him among the law-givers.
Behold, God does loftily in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23 Who is able to investigate his ways? And who can say, “You have done iniquity,” to him?
Who has enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou have wrought unrighteousness?
24 Remember that you are ignorant of his work, yet men have sung its praises.
Remember that thou magnify his work, of which men have sung.
25 All men consider him; and each one ponders from a distance.
All men have looked on it. Man beholds it afar off.
26 Behold, God is great, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable.
Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
27 He carries away the drops of rain, and he sends forth showers like a raging whirlpool;
For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,
28 they flow from the clouds that are woven above everything.
which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.
29 If he wills it, he extends the clouds as his tent
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
30 and shines with his light from above; likewise, he covers the oceans within his tent.
Behold, he spreads his light around him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
31 For he judges the people by these things, and he gives food to a multitude of mortals.
For by these he judges the peoples. He gives food in abundance.
32 Within his hands, he hides the light, and he commands it to come forth again.
He covers his hands with the lightning, and gives it a command that it strike the mark.
33 He announces it to his friend, for it is his possession and he is able to reach out to it.
The noise of it tells concerning him. The cattle also concerning the storm that comes up.
