13 January - Job 35-37

Jude Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:17 am

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

JOB 35

1And Elihu responded and said,

2“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than that of Ěl’?

3For you say, ‘Of what use is it to you? What do I gain more than if I had sinned?’

4Let me answer you and your friends with you.

5Look to the heavens, and see. And consider the clouds which are higher than you.

6If you sin, what would you do against Him? If your transgressions are increased, what would you do to Him?

7If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

8Your wrong is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man.

9Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry out for help because of the arm of the many.

10And no one says, ‘Where is Eloah my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

11teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

12There they cry, but He answers not, because of the pride of evil ones.

13Only, it is false that Ěl does not hear, and that the Almighty pays no attention to it.

14Although you say you do not see Him, yet right-ruling is before Him, and you wait for Him.

15And now, is it for naught that His displeasure has come? Yet He has not taken note of extreme arrogance,

16so Iyoḇ opens his mouth in vain, he increases words without knowledge.”

JOB 36

1Then Elihu continued and said,

2“Bear with me a little, and let me show you there is still more to say for Elohim.

3I bring my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

4For truly my words are not false; the One perfect in knowledge is with you.

5See, Ěl is mighty, but rejects no one – mighty in power and heart.

6He does not keep the wrongdoer alive, but He gives right-ruling to the oppressed ones.

7He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, and sovereigns on the throne, and seats them forever, and they are exalted.

8And if they are bound in shackles, caught in the cords of affliction,

9then He reveals to them their work, and their transgressions, that they behaved proudly.

10And He opens their ear for discipline, and commands that they turn back from wickedness.

11If they obey and serve, they complete their days in blessedness, and their years in pleasantness.

12But if they do not obey, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.

13But the defiled ones in heart become enraged – let them not cry for help when He binds them.

14Their being dies in youth, and their life among the male prostitutes.

15He rescues the afflicted one in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

16And He also would have brought you out of distress, into a broad place where there is no restraint. And what is set on your table would be filled with rich food.

17But you are filled with the judgment of the wrong, judgment and right-ruling take hold of you.

18Beware, that rage does not entice you to scoffing. And do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

19Would He value your riches? No, not precious ore, nor all your strength!

20Do not long for the night, when people go up in their place.

21Beware, do not turn to wickedness, for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

22See, Ěl is exalted by His power; who is a Teacher like Him?

23Who has appointed Him His way, or who has said, ‘You have worked unrighteousness’?

24Remember to extol His work, of which men have sung.

25All men have seen it, man looks on it from afar.

26See, Ěl is great, beyond our under-standing, and we do not know the number of His years.

27For He draws up drops of water, which distil as rain from the mist,

28which the clouds drop down – pour down in showers on man.

29Also, who understands the spreading of clouds, the crashing from His booth?

30See, He has spread his light upon it, and He has covered the depths of the sea.

31For by these He judges the peoples; He gives plenty of food.

32He has covered His hands with lightning, and commands it to strike.

33Its noise declares concerning Him, also the cattle, as to what is coming up.

JOB 37

1“At this too my heart trembles, and leaps from its place.

2Listen, listen to the trembling of His voice, and the sound that comes from His mouth.

3He lets it loose under all the heavens, and His lightning to the ends of the earth.

4After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of His excellency, and He does not hold them back when His voice is heard.

5Ěl thunders wondrously with His voice; doing great deeds, which we do not understand.

6For He says to the snow, ‘Be on the earth,’ also to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

7He seals up the hand of every man, for all men to know His work.

8Then the beast goes into its lair, and they stay in their dens.

9From the room of the south comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds of the north.

10By the breath of Ěl ice is given, and the expanse of water becomes solid.

11He also loads the thick clouds with moisture; He scatters His bright clouds.

12And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, to do whatever He commands them on the face of the earthly world.

13He causes it to come, whether as a rod, or for His land, or for kindness.

14Listen to this, O Iyoḇ, stand still and consider the wonders of Ěl.

15Do you know when Eloah placed them, and caused the lightning of His cloud to shine?

16Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wonders of the One perfect in knowledge?

17Why are your garments hot, when the earth is stilled from the south?

18Did you, with Him, spread out the clouds, strong as a hard mirror?

19Teach us what we should say to Him; we do not set in order because of darkness.

20Should He be told that I would speak? Would any man ask to be swallowed up?

21And now, they shall not look on the light that is bright behind the clouds, when the wind has passed and cleared them.

22From the golden north it comes – with Eloah is awesome excellency.

23The Almighty, we have not found Him out, He is exalted in power and right-ruling and great in righteousness – He does not oppress.

24Therefore men fear Him. He does not regard any who are wise of heart.”