Job 36 · Clearspring

Elihu Describes God’s Power

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.+

Elihu Describes God’s Power

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