Job 36

¹Elihu also proceeded and sayde,

²Suffer me a litle, and I will instruct thee: for I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.

³I will fetche my knowledge afarre off, and will attribute righteousnes vnto my Maker.

⁴For truely my wordes shall not be false, and he that is perfect in knowledge, speaketh with thee.

⁵Behold, the mighty God casteth away none that is mighty and valiant of courage.

⁶He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.

⁷He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but they are with Kings in ye throne, where he placeth them for euer: thus they are exalted.

⁸And if they bee bound in fetters and tyed with the cordes of affliction,

⁹Then will he shewe them their worke and their sinnes, because they haue bene proude.

¹⁰He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth them that they returne from iniquity.

¹¹If they obey and serue him, they shall end their dayes in prosperity, and their yeres in pleasures.

¹²But if they wil not obey, they shall passe by the sworde, and perish without knowledge.

¹³But the hypocrites of heart increase the wrath: for they call not when he bindeth them.

¹⁴Their soule dyeth in youth, and their life among the whoremongers.

¹⁵He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eare in trouble.