Elihu Extols God’s Greatness

36 Then[fn] Elihu continued and said,

• 2 [fn] for[fn]
• 3  and I will ascribe righteousness to my maker,
• 4 [fn] are not falsehood; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.[fn]
• 5 is mighty but[fn] does not despise anyone; he is mighty and[fn]
• 6 the wicked alive but[fn] grants justice to the afflicted.
• 7 the righteous, but[fn] he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.
• 8 they are tied up with fetters, if they are caught in the cords of misery,
• 9 [fn] he declares their work to them, and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
• 10 [fn] he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.
• 11 him, they complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.
• 12 [fn] if they do not listen, they perish by the sword, and they pass away without knowledge.
• 13 the godless of heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
• 14 [fn] and their life ends among the male shrine prostitutes.
• 15 the afflicted by his misery, and he opens their ears by the adversity.
• 16 [fn] into a broad place, where in place of it was no constraint;
• and what was set on your table is full of fatness.
• 17 [fn] you are obsessed with the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold of you.
• 18 [fn] it is wrath, so that it will not incite you into mockery; and do not let the ransom’s greatness turn you aside.
• 19 you without distress, or[fn] all the efforts of your strength?
• 20  to cut off people[fn]
• 21  for because of this you have been tried by misery.
• 22  who is a teacher like him?
• 23  Or[fn] who says, ‘You have done wrong’?
• 24  of which people have sung.
• 25  everyone watches from afar.
• 26 is exalted, and we do not know him; the number of his years is unsearchable.
• 27 the drops of water; he distills the rain into its mist,
• 28 the clouds pour down; they shower abundantly on human beings.
• 29 [fn] the spreading of clouds, the thundering of his dwelling place?
• 30  and he covers the roots of the sea.
• 31  he gives food[fn]
• 32 his hands with lightning, and he commands it the place at which to strike.
• 33  the livestock also tell[fn]