Job 36:2–25

²“Bear with me a little, and I will show you,

for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.

³I will get my knowledge from ^oafar

and ascribe ^prighteousness to my ^qMaker.

⁴For truly my words are not false;

one who is ^rperfect in knowledge is with you.

⁵“Behold, God is mighty, and ^sdoes not despise any;

he is ^tmighty in strength of understanding.

⁶He does not keep the wicked alive,

but gives ^uthe afflicted their right.

⁷He does not withdraw his ^veyes from the righteous,

but with ^wkings on the throne

he sets them forever, and they are ^xexalted.

⁸And if they are ^ybound in chains

and caught in the cords of affliction,

⁹then he declares to them their work

and their transgressions, that they are ^zbehaving arrogantly.

¹⁰He ^aopens their ears to instruction

and commands that they ^breturn from iniquity.

^11cIf they listen and serve him,

they ^dcomplete their days in prosperity,

and their years in pleasantness.

¹²But if they do not listen, they ^eperish by the sword

and die ^fwithout knowledge.

¹³“The ^ggodless in heart cherish anger;

they do not cry for help when he ^hbinds them.

¹⁴They ⁱdie in youth,

and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.

¹⁵He delivers ^jthe afflicted by their affliction

and ^kopens their ear by adversity.

¹⁶He also allured you out of distress

into ^la broad place where there was no cramping,

and what was set on your ^mtable was full of ⁿfatness.

¹⁷“But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;

judgment and justice seize you.

¹⁸Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,

and let not the greatness of ^othe ransom turn you aside.

¹⁹Will your ^pcry for help avail to keep you from distress,

or all the force of your strength?

²⁰Do not long for ^qthe night,

when peoples vanish ^rin their place.

²¹Take care; ^sdo not turn to iniquity,

for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

²²Behold, God is exalted in his power;

who is ^ta teacher like him?

²³Who has ^uprescribed for him his way,

or who can say, ^v‘You have done wrong’?

²⁴“Remember to ^wextol his work,

of which men have ^xsung.

²⁵All mankind has looked on it;

man beholds it from afar.