Job 36
1 And Elihu addeth and saith: —
Elihu also proceeded, and said:
2 Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.
5 Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.
7 He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
9 Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
Then He declareth unto them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10 And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry not for help when He bindeth them.
14 Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.
15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.
16 And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;
17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.
18 Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
19 Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?
20 Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
21 Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?
23 Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?
24 Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.
26 Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
27 When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
28 Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.
29 Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?
30 Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.
31 For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
32 By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
33 He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.
