Job 36
1 And Elihu adds and says:
And Elihu went on to say,
2 “Honor me a little, and I show you, That yet for God [are] words.
Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.
4 For my words [are] truly not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.
5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.
6 He does not revive the wicked, And appoints the judgment of the poor;
His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;
7 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,
Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.
8 And if prisoners in chains They are captured with cords of affliction,
And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,
9 Then He declares to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.
10 And He uncovers their ear for instruction, And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.
11 If they hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.
12 And if they do not listen, They pass away by the dart, And expire without knowledge.
But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.
13 And the profane in heart set the face, They do not cry when He has bound them.
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.
14 Their soul dies in youth, And their life among the defiled.
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.
15 He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovers their ear in oppression.
He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.
16 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 And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
18 Lest He move you with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
19 Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.
20 Do not desire the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
21 Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, For you have fixed on this Rather than [on] affliction.
Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.
22 Behold, God sits on high by His power, Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?
23 Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?
Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?
24 Remember that you magnify His work That men have beheld.
See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looks attentively from afar.
All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.
26 Behold, God [is] high, And we do not know the number of His years, Indeed, there [is] no searching.
Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.
27 When He diminishes droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapor,
For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,
28 Which clouds drop, They distill on man abundantly.
Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.
29 Indeed, do [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?
30 Behold, He has spread His light over it, And He has covered the roots of the sea,
See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.
31 For He judges peoples by them, He gives food in abundance.
For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.
32 By two palms He has covered the light, And lays a charge over it in meeting,
He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.
33 His shout shows it, The livestock also, the rising [storm].”
The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.
