Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say,...  Read More

Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place.Job 36:19–20+Longing for the NightThere is a te...  Read More

But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.Job 36:17–18+The Grea...  Read More

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was f...  Read More

The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.Job 36:13–14+No Cry for HelpThere is an old provincia...  Read More

If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.Job 36:11–12+Prospe...  Read More

He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.Job 36:10+Return from IniquityIn case you were unsure, we humans have a proclivity towards sin. The tragic result of the ...  Read More

He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted. And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, then h...  Read More

Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.Job 36:5–6+Strength of UnderstandingW...  Read More

For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.Job 36:4+No False WordWe like to believe ourselves trustworthy, that our word is our bond. We expect others to not questio...  Read More

And Elihu continued, and said: Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf. I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.Job ...  Read More

How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him! And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgressio...  Read More