Job 36

1And Elihu addeth and saith: --

1Eliu also proceeded, and said:

2Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God <FI>are<Fi> words.

2Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf.

3I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.

3I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.

4For, truly, my words <FI>are<Fi> not false, The perfect in knowledge <FI>is<Fi> with thee.

4For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.

5Lo, God <FI>is<Fi> mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty <FI>in<Fi> power <FI>and<Fi> heart.

5God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.

6He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

6But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.

7He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And <FI>from<Fi> kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

7He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.

8And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

8And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:

9Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,

9He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.

10And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

10He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.

11If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.

11If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.

12And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.

12But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.

13And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

13Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.

14Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.

14Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.

15He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

15He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

16And also He moved thee from a strait place, <FI>To<Fi> a broad place--no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

16Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.

17And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld--because of fury,

17Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

18Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

18Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.

19Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

19Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.

20Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

20Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.

21Take heed--do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than <FI>on<Fi> affliction.

21Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.

22Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who <FI>is<Fi> like Him--a teacher?

22Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.

23Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'

23Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou hast wrought iniquity?

24Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.

24Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.

25All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.

25All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.

26Lo, God <FI>is<Fi> high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there <FI>is<Fi> no searching.

26Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.

27When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

27He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:

28Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

28Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.

29Yea, doth <FI>any<Fi> understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

29If he will spread out clouds as his tent,

30Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

30And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.

31For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.

31For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.

32By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

32In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.

33He sheweth by it <FI>to<Fi> his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

33He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.