איוב 36
| וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Elihu continued on and said,
| כַּתַּר־לִי זְעֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּךָּ כִּי עוֹד לֶאֱלוֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃ | 2 |
“Permit me to speak a little longer, and I will show you some things because I have a little more to say in defense of God.
| אֶשָּׂא דֵעִי לְמֵרָחוֹק וּלְפֹעֲלִי אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃ | 3 |
I will obtain my knowledge from far off; I will acknowledge that righteousness belongs to my Maker.
| כִּֽי־אׇמְנָם לֹא־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּי תְּמִים דֵּעוֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 4 |
For indeed, my words will not be false; someone who is mature in knowledge is with you.
| הֶן־אֵל כַּבִּיר וְלֹא יִמְאָס כַּבִּיר כֹּחַֽ לֵֽב׃ | 5 |
See, God is mighty, and despises no one; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
| לֹא־יְחַיֶּה רָשָׁע וּמִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיִּים יִתֵּֽן׃ | 6 |
He does not preserve the life of wicked people but instead does what is right for those who suffer.
| לֹֽא־יִגְרַע מִצַּדִּיק עֵינָיו וְאֶת־מְלָכִים לַכִּסֵּא וַיֹּשִׁיבֵם לָנֶצַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃ | 7 |
He does not withdraw his eyes from righteous people but instead sets them on thrones like kings forever, and they are lifted up.
| וְאִם־אֲסוּרִים בַּזִּקִּים יִלָּכְדוּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 8 |
If they are bound in chains and trapped in cords of suffering,
| וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם פׇּעֳלָם וּפִשְׁעֵיהֶם כִּי יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃ | 9 |
then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions and their pride.
| וַיִּגֶל אׇזְנָם לַמּוּסָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־יְשׁוּבוּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃ | 10 |
He also opens their ears to his instruction, and commands them to turn back from iniquity.
| אִֽם־יִשְׁמְעוּ וְֽיַעֲבֹדוּ יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטּוֹב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ | 11 |
If they listen to him and worship him, they will spend their days in prosperity, their years in contentment.
| וְאִם־לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁלַח יַעֲבֹרוּ וְיִגְוְעוּ בִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃ | 12 |
However, if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die because they have no knowledge.
| וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵב יָשִׂימוּ אָף לֹא יְשַׁוְּעוּ כִּי אֲסָרָֽם׃ | 13 |
Those who are godless in heart store up their anger; they do not cry out for help even when God ties them up.
| תָּמֹת בַּנֹּעַר נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ | 14 |
They die in their youth; their lives end among the cultic prostitutes.
| יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי בְעׇנְיוֹ וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אׇזְנָֽם׃ | 15 |
God rescues afflicted people by means of their afflictions; he opens their ears by means of their oppression.
| וְאַף הֲסִֽיתְךָ ׀ מִפִּי־צָר רַחַב לֹא־מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנַחַת שֻׁלְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃ | 16 |
Indeed, he would like to draw you out of distress into a broad place where there is no hardship and where your table would be set with food full of fatness.
| וְדִין־רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ | 17 |
But you are full of judgment on wicked people; judgment and justice have laid hold of you.
| כִּֽי־חֵמָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרׇב־כֹּפֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃ | 18 |
Do not let your anger entice you to mockery, or the greatness of a ransom to turn you aside.
| הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃ | 19 |
Can your wealth benefit you, so that you will not be in distress, or can all the force of your strength help you?
| אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלוֹת עַמִּים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ | 20 |
Do not desire the night, to commit sin against others, when peoples are cut off in their place.
| הִשָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־אָוֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃ | 21 |
Be careful that you do not turn to sin because you are being tested by suffering so that you will stay away from sinning.
| הֶן־אֵל יַשְׂגִּיב בְּכֹחוֹ מִי כָמֹהוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃ | 22 |
See, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
| מִֽי־פָקַד עָלָיו דַּרְכּוֹ וּמִי־אָמַר פָּעַלְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃ | 23 |
Who has ever instructed him about his way? Who can ever say to him, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'
| זְכֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּיא פׇעֳלוֹ אֲשֶׁר שֹׁרְרוּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ | 24 |
Remember to praise his deeds, of which people have sung.
| כׇּל־אָדָם חָזוּ־בוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ יַבִּיט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ | 25 |
All people have looked on those deeds, but they see those deeds only from far away.
| הֶן־אֵל שַׂגִּיא וְלֹא נֵדָע מִסְפַּר שָׁנָיו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃ | 26 |
See, God is great, but we do not understand him well; the number of his years is incalculable.
| כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃ | 27 |
For he draws up the drops of water that he distills as rain from his vapor,
| אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּלוּ שְׁחָקִים יִרְעֲפוּ עֲלֵי ׀ אָדָם רָֽב׃ | 28 |
which the clouds pour down and drop in abundance on mankind.
| אַף אִם־יָבִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָב תְּשֻׁאוֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃ | 29 |
Indeed, can anyone understand the extensive spread of the clouds and the thunder from his hut?
| הֵן־פָּרַשׂ עָלָיו אוֹרוֹ וְשׇׁרְשֵׁי הַיָּם כִּסָּֽה׃ | 30 |
See, he spreads his lightning around him and covers the roots of the sea.
| כִּי־בָם יָדִין עַמִּים יִֽתֶּן־אֹכֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃ | 31 |
In this way he judges the peoples and gives food in abundance.
| עַל־כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה־אוֹר וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ | 32 |
He fills his hands with the lightning until he commands it to strike its mark.
| יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעוֹ מִקְנֶה אַף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃ | 33 |
Its thunder warns of the storm, the cattle can also hear it is coming.
