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And Elihu continued, and said: |
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"Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf. |
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
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For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. |
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"Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. |
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He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. |
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He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted. |
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And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction, |
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then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. |
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He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity. |
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If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. |
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But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge. |
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"The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. |
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They die in youth, and their life ends in shame. |
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He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity. |
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He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. |
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"But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. |
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Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing; and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. |
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Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? |
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Do not long for the night, when peoples are cut off in their place. |
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Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. |
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Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? |
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Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, `Thou hast done wrong'? |
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"Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. |
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All men have looked on it; man beholds it from afar. |
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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 draws up the drops of water, he distils his mist in rain |
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which the skies pour down, and drop upon man abundantly. |
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Can any one understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? |
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Behold, he scatters his lightning about him, and covers the roots of the sea. |
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For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. |
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He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark. |
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Its crashing declares concerning him, who is jealous with anger against iniquity. |
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