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Job 36 Elihu Proclaims God’s Goodness | Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

Job 36:1-23 Elihu Proclaims God’s Goodness
Job 36:24-33 Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

Job 36:5-12
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.

Job 36:13-15
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.

Job 36:22-23
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“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’?

Job 36:26-33
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“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.