Job 36:5-12

Common English Bible

⁵ Look, God is mighty and doesn’t reject anyone;
    he is mighty in strength and mind.
⁶ He doesn’t let the wicked live,
    but grants justice to the poor.
⁷ He doesn’t avert his eyes from the righteous;
    he seats kings on thrones forever,
        and they are lifted up.
⁸ If they are tied with ropes,
        caught in cords of affliction,
⁹     he informs them about their offenses
        and their grave sins.
¹⁰ He opens their ears with discipline
    and commands them to turn from wrong.
¹¹ If they listen and serve,
    they spend their days in plenty,
    their years contentedly.
¹² But if they don’t listen,
    they perish by the sword,
    breathe their last without understanding.