Job 36:1-33 ESV

[1] And Elihu continued, and said: [2] "Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf. [3] I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. [4] For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. [5] "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. [6] He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. [7] He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted. [8] And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, [9] then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. [10] He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity. [11] If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. [12] But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. [13] "The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. [14] They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes. [15] He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. [16] He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. [17] "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. [18] Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. [19] Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? [20] Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place. [21] Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. [22] Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? [23] Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'? [24] "Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. [25] All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar. [26] Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. [27] For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, [28] which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly. [29] Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? [30] Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots 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 crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.