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Job 36

The Message Bible MSG

1 Here Elihu took a deep breath, but kept going:

2 "Stay with me a little longer. I'll convince you. There's still more to be said on God's side.

3 I learned all this firsthand from the Source; everything I know about justice I owe to my Maker himself.

4 Trust me, I'm giving you undiluted truth; believe me, I know these things inside and out.

5 "It's true that God is all-powerful, but he doesn't bully innocent people.

6 For the wicked, though, it's a different story - he doesn't give them the time of day, but champions the rights of their victims.

7 He never takes his eyes off the righteous; he honors them lavishly, promotes them endlessly.

8 When things go badly, when affliction and suffering descend,

9 God tells them where they've gone wrong, shows them how their pride has caused their trouble.

10 He forces them to heed his warning, tells them they must repent of their bad life.

11 If they obey and serve him, they'll have a good, long life on easy street.

12 But if they disobey, they'll be cut down in their prime and never know the first thing about life.

13 Angry people without God pile grievance upon grievance, always blaming others for their troubles.

14 Living it up in sexual excesses, virility wasted, they die young.

15 But those who learn from their suffering, God delivers from their suffering. Obsessed with Putting the Blame on God

16 "Oh, Job, don't you see how God's wooing you from the jaws of danger? How he's drawing you into wide-open places - inviting you to feast at a table laden with blessings?

17 And here you are laden with the guilt of the wicked, obsessed with putting the blame on God!

18 Don't let your great riches mislead you; don't think you can bribe your way out of this.

19 Did you plan to buy your way out of this? Not on your life!

20 And don't think that night, when people sleep off their troubles, will bring you any relief.

21 Above all, don't make things worse with more evil - that's what's behind your suffering as it is!

22 "Do you have any idea how powerful God is? Have you ever heard of a teacher like him?

23 Has anyone ever had to tell him what to do, or correct him, saying, 'You did that all wrong!'?

24 Remember, then, to praise his workmanship, which is so often celebrated in song.

25 Everybody sees it; nobody is too far away to see it. No One Can Escape from God

26 "Take a long, hard look. See how great he is - infinite, greater than anything you could ever imagine or figure out!

27 "He pulls water up out of the sea, distills it, and fills up his rain-cloud cisterns.

28 Then the skies open up and pour out soaking showers on everyone.

29 Does anyone have the slightest idea how this happens? How he arranges the clouds, how he speaks in thunder?

30 Just look at that lightning, his sky-filling light show illumining the dark depths of the sea!

31 These are the symbols of his sovereignty, his generosity, his loving care.

32 He hurls arrows of light, taking sure and accurate aim.

33 The High God roars in the thunder, angry against evil.

World English Bible WEB

1 Elihu also continued, and said,

2 "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God's behalf.

3 I will get my knowledge from afar, And will 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 doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.

7 He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted.

8 If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions,

9 Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

10 He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.

11 If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

12 But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.

13 "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.

14 They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.

16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

17 "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?

20 Don't desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.

21 Take heed, don't regard 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 his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'

24 "Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.

25 All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

26 Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

27 For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor,

28 Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly.

29 Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion?

30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

32 He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

33 The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up.