Job 36

1And Elihu went on to say,● 2Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.● 3I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.● 4For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.● 5Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.● 6His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;● 7Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.● 8And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,● 9Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.● 10Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.● 11If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.● 12But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.● 13Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.● 14They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.● 15He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.● 16...● 17...● 18...● 19...● 20...● 21Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.● 22Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?● 23Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?● 24See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.● 25All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.● 26Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.● 27For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,● 28Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.● 29And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?● 30See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.● 31For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.● 32He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.● 33The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.●