Job 36:1-11

1 Be patient and listen a little longer to what I am saying on God's behalf.
3 My knowledge is wide; I will use what I know to show that God, my Creator, is just.
4 Nothing I say to you is false; you see before you a truly wise man.
5 How strong God is! He despises no one; there is nothing he doesn't understand.
6 He does not let sinners live on, and he always treats the poor with justice.
7 He protects those who are righteous; he allows them to rule like kings and lets them be honored forever.
8 But if people are bound in chains, suffering for what they have done,
9 God shows them their sins and their pride.
10 He makes them listen to his warning to turn away from evil.
11 If they obey God and serve him, they live out their lives in peace and prosperity.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.