20Do not long for the cover of night,
for that is when people will be destroyed.
21Be on guard! Turn back from evil,
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power
22“Look, God is all-powerful.
Who is a teacher like him?
23No one can tell him what to do,
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
24Instead, glorify his mighty works,
singing songs of praise.
25Everyone has seen these things,
though only from a distance.
26“Look, God is greater than we can understand.
His years cannot be counted.
27He draws up the water vapor
and then distills it into rain.
28The rain pours down from the clouds,
and everyone benefits.
29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
30See how he spreads the lightning around him
and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
31By these mighty acts he nourishes the people,
giving them food in abundance.
32He fills his hands with lightning bolts
and hurls each at its target.
33The thunder announces his presence;
the storm announces his indignant anger.
