Job 36:1-15

New King James Version

² “Bear with me a little, and I will show you
That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.
³ I will fetch my knowledge from afar;
I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
⁴ For truly my words are not false;
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

⁵ “Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one;
^(A)He is mighty in strength ^[a]of understanding.
⁶ He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
But gives justice to the ^(B)oppressed.
^7 (C)He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But ^(D)they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.
⁸ And ^(E)if they are bound in ^[b]fetters,
Held in the cords of affliction,
⁹ Then He tells them their work and their transgressions—
That they have acted ^[c]defiantly.
^10 (F)He also opens their ear to ^[d]instruction,
And commands that they turn from iniquity.
¹¹ If they obey and serve Him,
They shall ^(G)spend their days in prosperity,
And their years in pleasures.
¹² But if they do not obey,
They shall perish by the sword,
And they shall die ^[e]without ^(H)knowledge.

¹³ “But the hypocrites in heart ^(I)store up wrath;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.
^14 (J)They^[f] die in youth,
And their life ends among the ^[g]perverted persons.
¹⁵ He delivers the poor in their affliction,
And opens their ears in oppression.