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“Bear with me a little, and I will show you,
for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.
for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.
“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.
For I have not finished defending God!
For I have not finished defending God!
I will get my knowledge from afar
and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will present profound arguments
for the righteousness of my Creator.
for the righteousness of my Creator.
For truly my words are not false;
one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
I am telling you nothing but the truth,
for I am a man of great knowledge.
for I am a man of great knowledge.
“Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any;
he is mighty in strength of understanding.
he is mighty in strength of understanding.
“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
He does not keep the wicked alive,
but gives the afflicted their right.
but gives the afflicted their right.
He does not let the wicked live
but gives justice to the afflicted.
but gives justice to the afflicted.
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,
but with kings on the throne
he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
but with kings on the throne
he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
He never takes his eyes off the innocent,
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.
And if they are bound in chains
and caught in the cords of affliction,
and caught in the cords of affliction,
If they are bound in chains
and caught up in a web of trouble,
and caught up in a web of trouble,
then he declares to them their work
and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
he shows them the reason.
He shows them their sins of pride.
He shows them their sins of pride.
He opens their ears to instruction
and commands that they return from iniquity.
and commands that they return from iniquity.
He gets their attention
and commands that they turn from evil.
and commands that they turn from evil.
If they listen and serve him,
they complete their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasantness.
they complete their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasantness.
“If they listen and obey God,
they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.
All their years will be pleasant.
they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.
All their years will be pleasant.
But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword
and die without knowledge.
and die without knowledge.
But if they refuse to listen to him,
they will cross over the river of death,
dying from lack of understanding.
they will cross over the river of death,
dying from lack of understanding.
“The godless in heart cherish anger;
they do not cry for help when he binds them.
they do not cry for help when he binds them.
For the godless are full of resentment.
Even when he punishes them,
they refuse to cry out to him for help.
Even when he punishes them,
they refuse to cry out to him for help.
They die in youth,
and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
They die when they are young,
after wasting their lives in immoral living.
after wasting their lives in immoral living.
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction
and opens their ear by adversity.
and opens their ear by adversity.
But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
For he gets their attention through adversity.
For he gets their attention through adversity.
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.
into a broad place where there was no cramping,
and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
“God is leading you away from danger, Job,
to a place free from distress.
He is setting your table with the best food.
to a place free from distress.
He is setting your table with the best food.
“But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;
judgment and justice seize you.
judgment and justice seize you.
But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.
Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
or all the force of your strength?
or all the force of your strength?
Do not long for the night,
when peoples vanish in their place.
when peoples vanish in their place.
Take care; do not turn to iniquity,
for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
Be on guard! Turn back from evil,
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power
Behold, God is exalted in his power;
who is a teacher like him?
who is a teacher like him?
“Look, God is all-powerful.
Who is a teacher like him?
Who is a teacher like him?
Who has prescribed for him his way,
or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’?
or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’?
No one can tell him what to do,
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
“Remember to extol his work,
of which men have sung.
of which men have sung.
Instead, glorify his mighty works,
singing songs of praise.
singing songs of praise.
All mankind has looked on it;
man beholds it from afar.
man beholds it from afar.
Everyone has seen these things,
though only from a distance.
though only from a distance.
Behold, God is great, and we know him not;
the number of his years is unsearchable.
the number of his years is unsearchable.
“Look, God is greater than we can understand.
His years cannot be counted.
His years cannot be counted.
For he draws up the drops of water;
they distill his mist in rain,
they distill his mist in rain,
He draws up the water vapor
and then distills it into rain.
and then distills it into rain.
which the skies pour down
and drop on mankind abundantly.
and drop on mankind abundantly.
The rain pours down from the clouds,
and everyone benefits.
and everyone benefits.
Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
the thunderings of his pavilion?
the thunderings of his pavilion?
Who can understand the spreading of the clouds
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
Behold, he scatters his lightning about him
and covers the roots of the sea.
and covers the roots of the sea.
See how he spreads the lightning around him
and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
For by these he judges peoples;
he gives food in abundance.
he gives food in abundance.
He covers his hands with the lightning
and commands it to strike the mark.
and commands it to strike the mark.
He fills his hands with lightning bolts
and hurls each at its target.
and hurls each at its target.