Job 36

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Elihu went on speaking. He said:	1 Eliu also proceeded, and said :
2 Be patient a little longer while I explain, for I have more to say on God's behalf.	2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf.
3 I shal range far afield for my arguments to prove my Maker just.	3 I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.
4 I guarantee, nothing I shal say wil be untrue: you have a man of sound learning here.	4 For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.
5 God does not reject anyone whose heart is pure	5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
6 or let the sinner live on in al his power. He does accord fair judgement to the afflicted;	6 But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
7 he does uphold what the upright deserve. When he raises kings to thrones, if they grow proud of theirunending rule,	7 He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.
8 then he fetters them with chains, they are caught in the bonds of affliction.	8 And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty :
9 He shows them the import of their deeds, of the sins of pride they have committed.	9 He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.
10 In their ears he sounds a warning, ordering them to turn back from doing wrong.	10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
11 If they take notice and obey him, the rest of their days are prosperous and the years pass pleasantly.	11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.
12 If not, they go down the Canal and perish in their stupidity.	12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
13 The stubborn, who cherish their anger and do not cry for help when he chains them,	13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.
14 die in the bloom of youth or live among the male prostitutes of the temple.	14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.
15 But God saves the afflicted by his affliction, warning him in his misery.	15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.
16 You, too, he would like to snatch from torment. While you were enjoying boundless abundance, withrich food piled high on your table,	16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.
17 you did not bring the wicked to trial and did not give fair judgement to the orphan.	17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.
18 Beware of being led astray by abundance, of being corrupted by expensive presents.	18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
19 Take the powerful to law, not merely the penniless, those whose arm is strong, not merely the weak.	19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.
20 Do not crush people you do not know to instal your relations in their place.	20 Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.
21 Avoid any tendency to wrong-doing, for this is why affliction is testing you now.	21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity : for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.
22 See, God is sublime in his strength and who can teach lessons as he does?	22 Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
23 Who has even told him which course to take, or dared to say to him, 'You have done wrong'?	23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou has wrought iniquity?
24 Consider, rather, how you may praise his work, a theme that many have sung.	24 Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.
25 This is something that everyone can see, gazing, as we do, from afar.	25 All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.
26 Yes, the greatness of God exceeds our knowledge, the number of his years is past counting.	26 Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable.
27 It is he who makes the raindrops smal and pulverises the rain into mist.	27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods :
28 And the clouds then pour this out, sending it streaming down on the human race.	28 Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
29 And who can fathom how he spreads the clouds, or why such crashes thunder from his tent?	29 If he will spread out clouds as his tent,
30 He spreads a mist before him and covers the tops of the mountains.	30 And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.
31 By these means, he sustains the peoples, giving them plenty to eat.	31 For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.
32 He gathers up the lightning in his hands, assigning it the mark where to strike.	32 In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.
33 His crashing gives warning of its coming, anger flashes out against iniquity.	33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.