36:1 And Elihu 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 get 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 on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted. 36:8 And if they are bound in chains 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 listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. 36:12 But if they do not listen, 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 among the cult prostitutes. 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 for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength 36:20 Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place. 36:21 Take care; 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, 'You have done wrong' 36:24 "Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. 36:25 All mankind has 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; they distill his mist in rain, 36:28 which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly. 36:29 Can anyone 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 his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.