36:1 And Eli'hu continued, and said:
36:2 "Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
36:4 For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
36:5 "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
36:6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
36:7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted.
36:8 And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction,
36:9 then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
36:10 He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
36:11 If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
36:12 But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
36:13 "The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
36:14 They die in youth, and their life ends in shame.
36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity.
36:16 He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
36:17 "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.
36:18 Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing; and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
36:19 Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
36:20 Do not long for the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
36:21 Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
36:22 Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
36:23 Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, `Thou hast done wrong'?
36:24 "Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung.
36:25 All men have looked on it; man beholds it from afar.
36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.
36:27 For he draws up the drops of water, he distils his mist in rain
36:28 which the skies pour down, and drop upon man abundantly.
36:29 Can any one understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
36:30 Behold, he scatters his lightning about him, and covers the roots of the sea.
36:31 For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
36:32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
36:33 Its crashing declares concerning him, who is jealous with anger against iniquity.
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