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Job 36

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1 And Elihu addeth and saith: --
1 Elihu continued:
2 Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
2 “Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
3 I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4 For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
4 Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
5 Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
5 “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
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,
7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
8 But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
9 Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
9 he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
10 And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
10 He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
11 If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
11 If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
12 And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the swordand die without knowledge.
13 And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
13 “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
14 Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
14 They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
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.
16 “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,
17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
18 Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
19 Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
19 Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
20 Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
20 Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.
21 Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
21 Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.
22 Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him -- a teacher?
22 “God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23 Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'
23 Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24 Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
24 Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
25 All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
26 Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
26 How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
27 When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
27 “He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams ;
28 Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
28 the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.
29 Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?
30 Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
30 See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
31 For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
31 This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.
32 By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
32 He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33 He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
33 His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.
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