Job 36:5-12

The Voice

⁵     Look! God has great strength, but He does not detest human beings;
        He is mighty indeed, and His heart swells with understanding.
⁶     He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
        but He grants justice to those who are weak and humble.
⁷     He does not divert His gaze from the righteous;
        He enthrones them with monarchs,
        lifts them up to positions of power forever.
⁸     And if the people are restrained in chains,
        caught in the cords of their misery,
⁹     Then He explains to them their exploits,
        their errors, and how they have lived in arrogance.
¹⁰     He uncovers their ears so as to hear His teaching
        and commands them to abandon their sinful path.
¹¹     If they hear and choose to serve Him,
        then they end their days in prosperity and their years in felicity.
¹²     But if they refuse to listen,
        then they will pass over to the land of death by the sword
        and will arrive, lacking any wisdom, at their death.