Job 36:1-16

English Standard Version

² “Bear with me a little, and I will show you,
    for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
³ I will get my knowledge from ^(A)afar
    and ascribe ^(B)righteousness to my ^(C)Maker.
⁴ For truly my words are not false;
    one who is ^(D)perfect in knowledge is with you.

⁵ “Behold, God is mighty, and ^(E)does not despise any;
    he is ^(F)mighty in strength of understanding.
⁶ He does not keep the wicked alive,
    but gives ^(G)the afflicted their right.
⁷ He does not withdraw his ^(H)eyes from the righteous,
    but with ^(I)kings on the throne
    he sets them forever, and they are ^(J)exalted.
⁸ And if they are ^(K)bound in chains
    and caught in the cords of affliction,
⁹ then he declares to them their work
    and their transgressions, that they are ^(L)behaving arrogantly.
¹⁰ He ^(M)opens their ears to instruction
    and commands that they ^(N)return from iniquity.
^11 (O)If they listen and serve him,
    they ^(P)complete their days in prosperity,
    and their years in pleasantness.
¹² But if they do not listen, they ^(Q)perish by the sword
    and die ^(R)without knowledge.

¹³ “The ^(S)godless in heart cherish anger;
    they do not cry for help when he ^(T)binds them.
¹⁴ They ^(U)die in youth,
    and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
¹⁵ He delivers ^(V)the afflicted by their affliction
    and ^(W)opens their ear by adversity.
¹⁶ He also allured you out of distress
    into ^(X)a broad place where there was no cramping,
    and what was set on your ^(Y)table was full of ^(Z)fatness.