Job 36:5-12

New Living Translation

⁵ “God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
    He is mighty in both power and understanding.
⁶ He does not let the wicked live
    but gives justice to the afflicted.
⁷ He 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 He gets their attention
    and commands that they turn from evil.

¹¹ “If they listen and obey God,
    they will be blessed 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.