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"Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God's behalf. |
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With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness. |
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For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you. |
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Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent. |
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He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor. |
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He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever. |
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But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction, |
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then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly. |
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And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil. |
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If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness. |
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But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge. |
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The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them. |
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They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes. |
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He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering. |
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And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food. |
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But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you. |
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Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. |
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Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts? |
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Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes. |
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Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction. |
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Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? |
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Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, 'You have done what is wicked'? |
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Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song. |
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All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar. |
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"Yes, God is great— beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable. |
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He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist, |
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which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly. |
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Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? |
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See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea. |
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It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance. |
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With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target. |
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His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm's approach. |
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