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36:1  Then Elihu said further:
36:2  “Be patient with me a bit longer and I will show you that there is more to say on God’s behalf.
36:3  I get my knowledge from afar; I 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  “Indeed, God is mighty, but despises none, He is mighty in strength of understanding.
36:6  He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives justice to the afflicted.
36:7  He does not take His eyes from the righteous, but enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
36:8  But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by cords of affliction,
36:9  then He declares to them their deed that they have transgressed arrogantly.
36:10  And He opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they turn from evil.
36:11  If they obey and serve, they will end their days in prosperity, and their years in happiness.
36:12  But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
36:13  “The godless in heart harbor anger, they do not cry for help even when He binds them.
36:14  Their souls die in youth, their life ends among cult prostitutes.
36:15  He delivers the afflicted by his affliction and opens their ear in oppression.
36:16  “And indeed, He will draw you from the mouth of distress, to a spacious place without constraint, and the comfort of a table full of rich food.
36:17  But you are full of judgment on the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you!
36:18  Beware lest wrath entice you with riches; or a large bribe turn you aside.
36:19  Will your wealth sustain you to keep you from distress, or even all your mighty efforts?
36:20  Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their places.
36:21  Be careful, do not turn to iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
36:22  “Indeed, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
36:23  Who has prescribed His way for Him? Or said ‘You have done wrong’?
36:24  Remember to magnify His work, of which people have sung.
36:25  All mankind has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.
36:26  Behold, God is exalted—beyond our knowledge! The number of His years is unsearchable.
36:27  For He draws up the drops of water; they distill rain into its mist,
36:28  which the clouds pour down and shower mankind abundantly.
36:29  Indeed, who can understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunder from His pavilion?
36:30  “See how He scatters His lightning about Him, covering the depths of the sea.
36:31  For by these, He judges peoples and supplies food in abundance.
36:32  He covers His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its target.
36:33  His thunder declares His presence, the cattle also, about what is coming.