Job 36

¹And Elihu proceeded and said,

²Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.

³I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.

⁴For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.

⁵Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:

⁶He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.

⁷He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

⁸And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,

⁹Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.

¹⁰And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

¹¹If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

¹²But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.

¹³But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:

¹⁴Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

¹⁵But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.