Job 36:1-33 LSB

[1] Then Elihu continued and said, [2] “Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God’s behalf. [3] “I will take up my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. [4] “For truly my words are not a lie; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. [5] “Behold, God is mighty but does not reject; He is mighty in the power of His heart. [6] “He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted. [7] “He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted. [8] “And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction, [9] Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves. [10] “He opens their ear to discipline, And says that they return from wickedness. [11] “If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures. [12] “But if they do not hear, they shall pass away by a weapon And they will breathe their last without knowledge. [13] “But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them. [14] “They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes. [15] “He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression. [16] “Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And the comfort of your table full of fatness. [17] “But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you. [18] “Beware lest wrath entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the atonement turn you aside. [19] “Will your cries keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your power? [20] “Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their place. [21] “Be careful, do not turn to wickedness, For you have chosen this to affliction. [22] “Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a teacher like Him? [23] “Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, ‘You have worked out unrighteousness’? [24] “Remember that you should exalt His work, Of which men have sung. [25] “All men have beheld it; Man looks from afar. [26] “Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. [27] “For He draws up the drops of water, They distill rain for His stream, [28] Which the clouds pour down, They drip upon man abundantly. [29] “Can anyone discern the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion? [30] “Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea. [31] “For by these He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance. [32] “He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. [33] “Its thundering declares about Him; The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.