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36:1  Then Elihu continued, saying:
36:2  Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you, for there is still more to be said on God's behalf.
36:3  I will get my knowledge from a distant place and ascribe justice to my Maker.
36:4  For my arguments are without flaw; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
36:5  Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He understands all things.
36:6  He does not keep the wicked alive, but He gives justice to the afflicted.
36:7  He does not remove His gaze from the righteous, but He seats them forever with enthroned kings, and they are exalted.
36:8  If people are bound with chains and trapped by the cords of affliction,
36:9  God tells them what they have done and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
36:10  He opens their ears to correction and insists they repent from iniquity.
36:11  If they serve Him obediently, they will end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
36:12  But if they do not obey, they will cross the river of death and die without knowledge.
36:13  Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
36:14  They die in their youth; their life ends among male cult prostitutes.
36:15  God rescues the afflicted by their affliction; He instructs them by their torment.
36:16  Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and unconfined place. Your table was spread with choice food.
36:17  Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
36:18  Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large ransom lead you astray.
36:19  Can your wealth or all your physical exertion keep you from distress?
36:20  Do not long for the night when nations will disappear from their places.
36:21  Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity, for that is why you have been tested by affliction.
36:22  Look, God shows Himself exalted by His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
36:23  Who has appointed His way for Him, and who has declared, "You have done wrong"?
36:24  Remember that you should praise His work, which people have sung about.
36:25  All mankind has seen it; people have looked at it from a distance.
36:26  Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; the number of His years cannot be counted.
36:27  For He makes waterdrops evaporate; they distill the rain into its mist,
36:28  which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
36:29  Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God's pavilion?
36:30  See how He spreads His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
36:31  For He judges the nations with these; He gives food in abundance.
36:32  He covers His hands with lightning and commands it to hit its mark.
36:33  The thunder declares His presence; the cattle also, the approaching storm.