Job 36:1-33 NKJV

[1] Elihu also proceeded and said: [2] "Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God's behalf. [3] I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. [4] For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. [5] "Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. [6] He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed. [7] He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted. [8] And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction, [9] Then He tells them their work and their transgressions- That they have acted defiantly. [10] He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity. [11] If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. [12] But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. [13] "But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them. [14] They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons. [15] He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression. [16] "Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness. [17] But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you. [18] Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it. [19] Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress? [20] Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place. [21] Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, For you have chosen this rather than affliction. [22] "Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him? [23] Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, 'You have done wrong'? [24] "Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung. [25] Everyone has seen it; Man looks on it from afar. [26] "Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered. [27] For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist, [28] Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man. [29] Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy? [30] Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea. [31] For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance. [32] He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike. [33] His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm.