Job 36
1 Eliu also proceeded, and said:
And Elihu adds and says:
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God’s behalf.
“Honor me a little, and I show you, That yet for God [are] words.
3 I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.
For my words [are] truly not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
6 But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
He does not revive the wicked, And appoints the judgment of the poor;
7 He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.
He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, And [from] kings on the throne, And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,
8 And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:
And if prisoners in chains They are captured with cords of affliction,
9 He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.
Then He declares to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
And He uncovers their ear for instruction, And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.
If they hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
And if they do not listen, They pass away by the dart, And expire without knowledge.
13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.
And the profane in heart set the face, They do not cry when He has bound them.
14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.
Their soul dies in youth, And their life among the defiled.
15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.
He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovers their ear in oppression.
16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.
And He also moved you from a narrow place [To] a broad place—no constriction under it, And the sitting beyond of your table has been full of fatness.
17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.
And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
Lest He move you with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.
Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.
20 Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.
Do not desire the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.
Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, For you have fixed on this Rather than [on] affliction.
22 Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
Behold, God sits on high by His power, Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou has wrought iniquity?
Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?
24 Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.
Remember that you magnify His work That men have beheld.
25 All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.
All men have looked on it, Man looks attentively from afar.
26 Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.
Behold, God [is] high, And we do not know the number of His years, Indeed, there [is] no searching.
27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:
When He diminishes droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapor,
28 Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
Which clouds drop, They distill on man abundantly.
29 If he will spread out clouds as his tent,
Indeed, do [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
30 And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.
Behold, He has spread His light over it, And He has covered the roots of the sea,
31 For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.
For He judges peoples by them, He gives food in abundance.
32 In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.
By two palms He has covered the light, And lays a charge over it in meeting,
33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.
His shout shows it, The livestock also, the rising [storm].”
