| 36:1 | And Elihu went on to say, | |
| 36:2 | Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God. | |
| 36:3 | I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker. | |
| 36:4 | For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you. | |
| 36:5 | Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner. | |
| 36:6 | His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right; | |
| 36:7 | Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever. | |
| 36:8 | And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble, | |
| 36:9 | Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride. | |
| 36:10 | Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil. | |
| 36:11 | If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure. | |
| 36:12 | But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge. | |
| 36:13 | Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners. | |
| 36:14 | They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods. | |
| 36:15 | He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble. | |
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| 36:21 | Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow. | |
| 36:22 | Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him? | |
| 36:23 | Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong? | |
| 36:24 | See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs. | |
| 36:25 | All people are looking on it; man sees it from far. | |
| 36:26 | Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out. | |
| 36:27 | For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain, | |
| 36:28 | Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples. | |
| 36:29 | And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent? | |
| 36:30 | See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it. | |
| 36:31 | For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure. | |
| 36:32 | He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark. | |
| 36:33 | The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath. |