Job 36:1-9 ▼

1 Elihu continued to speak [to Job],

2 |Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said in God's defense.

3 I will get my knowledge from far away and prove that my Creator is fair.

4 Certainly, my words are not lies. The one who knows everything is [speaking] with you.

5 |Certainly, God is mighty. He doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty and brave.

6 He doesn't allow the wicked person to live. He grants justice to those who are oppressed.

7 He doesn't take his eyes off righteous people. He seats them on thrones with kings to honor them forever.

8 However, if righteous people are bound in chains and tangled in ropes of misery,

9 he tells them what they've done wrong and that they've behaved arrogantly.