36 Then Elihu continued, saying:
2 Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.
3 I will get my knowledge from a distant place
and ascribe justice to my Maker.
4 For my arguments are without flaw; b
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
5 Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one;
He understands all things. c d
6 He does not keep the wicked alive, e
but He gives justice to the afflicted.
7 He does not remove His gaze from the righteous,
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.
8 If people are bound with chains
and trapped by the cords of affliction,
9 God tells them what they have done
and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10 He opens their ears f to correction
and insists they repent from iniquity.
11 If they serve Him obediently,
they will end their days in prosperity
and their years in happiness. g
they will cross the river of death h
and die without knowledge. i
13 Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
their life ends among male cult prostitutes. j
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;
He instructs them by their torment.
16 Indeed, He lured you from the jaws k of distress
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.
17 Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
judgment and justice have seized you.
18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches; l
do not let a large ransom m lead you astray. n
19 Can your wealth o or all your physical exertion
keep you from distress? p
when nations will disappear from their places.
21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by q affliction.
22 Look, God shows Himself exalted by His power.
Who is a teacher like Him?
23 Who has appointed His way for Him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”? r
24 Remember that you should praise His work,
which people have sung about. s
people have looked at it from a distance. t
26 Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; u
the number of His years cannot be counted. v
27 For He makes waterdrops evaporate; w
they distill the rain into its x mist, y
and shower abundantly on mankind.
29 Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion? z
30 See how He spreads His lightning a around Him
and covers the depths of the sea.
31 For He judges the nations with these;
He gives food in abundance. b
32 He covers His hands with lightning
and commands it to hit its mark.
33 The c thunder declares His presence; d
the cattle also, the approaching storm.
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