Job 36:1-33 CSB

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