Job 36

vayyosef elihu vayyomar

Then Elihu spoke once more.

kattar-li ze'er va'akhavvekka ki od le'eloah millim

Wait a little and let me hold forth; There is still more to say for God.

essa de'i lemerakhoq ulefo'ali etten-tsedeq

I will make my opinions widely known; I will justify my Maker.

ki-omnam lo-sheqer millay temim de'ot immakh

In truth, my words are not false; Someone of sound opinions is before you.

hen-el kabbir velo yimas kabbir koakh lev

See, God is mighty, but not contemptuous— Mighty in strength and mind—

lo-yekhayyeh rasha umishpat aniyyim yitten

Not letting the wicked live, granting justice to the lowly.

lo-yigra mitsaddiq enayw ve'et-melakhim lakkisse vayyoshivem lanetsakh vayyigbahu

God’s eyes are trained upon the righteous, And upon kings on thrones; For they are seated forever, and exalted.

ve'im-asurim bazziqqim yillakhedun bekhavle-oni

If they are bound in shackles And caught in trammels of affliction,

vayyagged lahem po'olam ufishehem ki yitgabbaru

[God] declares to them what they have done, And that their transgressions are excessive—

vayyigel oznam lammusar vayyomer ki-yeshuvun me'aven

Opening their understanding by discipline, And ordering them back from mischief.

im-yishme'u veya'avodu yekhallu yemehem battov ushenehem banne'imim

If they will serve obediently, They shall spend their days in happiness, Their years in delight.

ve'im-lo yishme'u beshelakh ya'avoru veyigve'u bivli-da'at

But if they are not obedient, They shall perish by the sword, Die for lack of understanding.

vekhanfe-lev yasimu af lo yeshavve'u ki asaram

But the impious in heart become enraged; They do not cry for help when afflicted.

tamot banno'ar nafsham vekhayyatam baqqedeshim

They die in their youth; [Expire] among the depraved.

yekhallets ani ve'onyo veyigel ballakhats oznam

Rescuing the lowly from their affliction, [God] opens their understanding through distress.

ve'af hasitekha mippi-tsar rakhav lo-mutsaq takhteha venakhat shulkhanekha male dashen

Indeed, you are drawn away from the brink of distress To a broad place where there is no constraint; Your table is laid out with rich food.

vedin-rasha maleta din umishpat yitmokhu

You are obsessed with the case of someone wicked, But the justice of the case will be upheld.

ki-khemah pen-yesitekha vesafeq verov-kofer al-yattekka

Let anger at his affluence not mislead you; Let much bribery not turn you aside.

haya'arokh shu'akha lo vetsar vekhol ma'amatse-khoakh

Will your limitless wealth avail you, All your powerful efforts?

al-tishaf hallayelah la'alot ammim takhtam

Do not long for the night When peoples vanish where they are.

hishamer al-tefen el-aven ki-al-zeh bakharta me'oni

Beware! Do not turn to mischief; Because of that you have been tried by affliction.

hen-el yasgiv bekhokho mi khamohu moreh

See, God is beyond reach in divine power; Who governs like this?

mi-faqad alayw darko umi-amar pa'alta avlah

Who ever reproached [God] on account of conduct? Who ever said, “You have done wrong”?

zekhor ki-tasgi fo'olo asher shoreru anashim

Remember, then, to magnify God’s work, Of which humankind has sung,

kol-adam khazu-vo enosh yabbit merakhoq

Which all have beheld, Mortals have seen, from a distance.

hen-el saggi velo neda mispar shanayw velo-kheqer

See, God is greater than we can know— Whose age in years cannot be counted—

ki yegara nitfe-mayim yazoqqu matar le'edo

Who forms the droplets of water, Which cluster into rain, from celestial mist.

asher-yizzelu shekhaqim yirafu ale adam rav

The skies rain; They pour down on all humankind.

af im-yavin mifrese-av teshu'ot sukkato

Can one, indeed, contemplate the expanse of clouds, The thunderings from God’s pavilion?

hen-paras alayw oro veshorshe hayyam kissah

See, with the lightning spread over it, It fills the bed of the sea.

ki-vam yadin ammim yitten-okhel lemakhbir

By these things peoples are controlled; Food is given in abundance.

al-kappayim kissah-or vayetsav aleha vemafgia

Lightning fills God’s hands, Who orders it to hit the mark.

yaggid alayw re'o miqneh af al-oleh

Its noise tells of its Source. The kindling of anger against iniquity.