Job 36

¹And Elihu continued:

²“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.

³I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

⁴For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

⁵Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

⁶He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

⁷He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

⁸And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

⁹then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

¹⁰He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

¹¹If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

¹²But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

¹³The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

¹⁴They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.

¹⁵God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.