36:1 Elihu said further:
36:2 “Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.
36:3 With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.
36:4 For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.
36:5 Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.
36:6 He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.
36:7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.
36:8 But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,
36:9 then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were dealing proudly.
36:10 And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.
36:11 If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.
36:12 But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.
36:13 The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.
36:14 They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.
36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.
36:16 And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.
36:17 But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.