Job 36:16 says, Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.  When a person is not following God, they are travelling the broad way of life.  Nothing is off limits in their approach to life.  We know that as followers of Christ we are called to follow the narrow way, the way that is limited to following God's direction.  Verse seventeen states, But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.  Elihu said that Job attempting to justify himself by his own actions put him among the wicked.  Even if we are followers of Christ, we are still capable of following our own will instead of God's will.  When we do, we can expect God to call us back to repentance.  Verse eighteen says, Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.  Elihu said that there was no earthly way to escape the wrath of God when He came in judgment.  No amount of money, or material wealth, can deliver us from God's judgment.  This thought is continued in verse nineteen, which says, Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.  Our riches cannot buy our ransom, but the free gift that Christ gave on the cross can and does to those who accept Him.  Verse twenty says, Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.  Verse twenty-one says, Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.  Elihu was asking Job to not fall into iniquity by holding his righteous to be above God's righteousness.  By saying that God was treating him unjustly, this is what Job was doing.  We can never accuse God of being unfair without being guilty of sin.  If we do accuse God of this, we are saying that we are more just in our relationship to God than He is in His relationship to us.  Verse twenty-two says, Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?  Elihu said that God teaches us from His exalted position.  There is no one who is capable of teaching God.  God does not leave us to discover the truth about Him on our own, but He reveals Himself to us.  Verse twenty-three asks, Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?  I believe that Elihu was asking Job why he thought he could accuse God of treating him unfairly.  If this were true, then God would indeed be guilty of iniquity.  Verse twenty-four says,  Remember that thou magnify his work, which men beheld.  If we are followers of Christ, we must acknowledge that our very existence is a testimony to God.  He created and sustains us.  Verse twenty-five says, Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.  The glory of God Is not hidden.  Everyone can see the power and magnificence of God simply by looking at His creation.  No matter how much people may claim that the universe is a cosmic accident, they have to acknowledge that everything is held in place by something.  We know that it is held together by God's power, if we are His followers.  In verse twenty-six Elihu declares, Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.  God is and always was.  We cannot point to a time or place when God came into existence, as some would do.  He was not born from other gods, but simply has always existed.  Verse twenty-seven says, For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:  Then verse twenty-continues, Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.  I believe that Elihu was simply stating that God is the ultimate authority of even the elements.  When the rain falls to refresh and renew the earth, we need to acknowledge it as the work of God.  I personally do not believe that all natural disasters are the direct action of God, but are a result of people's sin causing the perfection of God's creation to be thrown out of balance.  The next five verses continue to point out God's superiority to humanity.  Verse twenty-nine asks, Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?  Then verse thirty answers, Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.  All of creation is God's.  He created the heavens and the earth, and night and day, and He has never deserted it.  Verse thirty-one says, For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.  Then verse thirty-two states, With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.  We know that during their wilderness wanderings that God appeared to His people as a cloud by day.  This was not just a fortunate coincidence, but the work of God.  Verse thirty-three says, The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.  I believe that Elihu was saying that even the cattle could see God's work in the rain.  How much more should Job have been able to see this, as we as His followers should also be able to today.