Ayub (Job) — 36

1 Alihu continued speaking:

2 “Let me go on, and I will show you the truth. For I have not finished defending my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH!

3 I will present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator.

4 I am telling you nothing but the truth, for I am a man of great knowledge.

5 “And my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH is Mighty, but He does not despise anyone! 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is Mighty in both power and understanding.

6 He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted.

7 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.

8 If they are bound in chains and caught up in a web of trouble,

9 He shows them the reason. He shows them their sins of pride.

10 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH gets their attention and commands that they turn from evil.

11 “If they listen and obey 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, they will be Baraked with prosperity throughout their lives. All their years will be pleasant.

12 But if they refuse to listen to Him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding.

13 For the unrighteous are full of resentment. Even when 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH punishes them, they refuse to cry out to Him for help.

14 They die when they are young, after wasting their lives in immoral living.

15 But by means of their suffering, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH rescues those who suffer. For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH gets their attention through adversity.

16 “For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is leading you Ayub away from danger, to a place free from distress. 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is setting your table with the best food.

17 But you are obsessed with whether the unrighteous will be judged. Do not worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.

18 But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth. Do not let yourself be bribed into sin.

19 Could all your wealth or all your mighty efforts keep you from distress?

20 Do not long for the cover of night, for that is when people will be destroyed.

21 Be on guard! Turn back from evil, for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH sent this suffering to keep you from a life of evil.

Alihu Reminds Ayub of ALUAH’s Power

22 “Look, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is all-powerful.    Who is a teacher like Him?

23 No one can tell Him what to do, or say to Him, ‘You have done wrong.’

24 Instead, Esteemed His Mighty works, singing songs of Yadah.

25 Everyone has seen these things, though only from a distance.

26 “Look, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted.

27 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH draws up the water vapor and then distills it into rain.

28 The rain pours down from the clouds,    and everyone benefits.

29 Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from Shamaym?

30 See how he spreads the lightning around Him and how it lights up the depths of the sea.

31 By these mighty acts 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH  nourishes the people, giving them food in abundance.

32 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH fills His hands with lightning bolts and hurls each at its target.

33 The thunder announces His presence; the storm announces His indignant anger.