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Elihu also proceeded, and said, |
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Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on Gods behalf. |
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
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For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. |
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Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. |
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right. |
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. |
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And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; |
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Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. |
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He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. |
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If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. |
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But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. |
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But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them. |
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They die in youth, And their life perisheth among the unclean. |
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He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression. |
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Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness. |
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But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee. |
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For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. |
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Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength? |
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Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place. |
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. |
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Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? |
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Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? |
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Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. |
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All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. |
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Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. |
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For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, |
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Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. |
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Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? |
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Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea. |
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For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. |
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He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. |
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The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up. |
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