Job 36
1 And Elihu adds and says:
And Elius further continued, and said,
2 “Honor me a little, and I show you, That yet for God [are] words.
Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
4 For my words [are] truly not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words.
5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
6 He does not revive the wicked, And appoints the judgment of the poor;
he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
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,
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 prisoners in chains They are captured with cords of affliction,
But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
9 Then He declares to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
10 And He uncovers their ear for instruction, And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
11 If they hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.
12 And if they do not listen, They pass away by the dart, And expire 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 And the profane in heart set the face, They do not cry when He has bound them.
And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
14 Their soul dies in youth, And their life among the defiled.
Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
15 He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovers their ear in oppression.
Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
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.
And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:
17 And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
[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;
18 Lest He move you with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
19 Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.
Let not [thy] mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
20 Do not desire the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
21 Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, For you have fixed on this Rather than [on] affliction.
But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou has made choice because of poverty.
22 Behold, God sits on high by His power, Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
23 Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?
And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
24 Remember that you magnify His work That men have beheld.
Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looks attentively from afar.
Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
26 Behold, God [is] high, And we do not know the number of His years, Indeed, there [is] no searching.
Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
27 When He diminishes droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapor,
And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
28 Which clouds drop, They distill on man abundantly.
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 Indeed, do [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
30 Behold, He has spread His light over it, And He has covered the roots of the sea,
behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
31 For He judges peoples by them, He gives food in abundance.
For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
32 By two palms He has covered the light, And lays a charge over it in meeting,
He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
33 His shout shows it, The livestock also, the rising [storm].”
The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
