361Elihu also proceeded, and said,+2Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God’s behalf.+3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.+4For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.+5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.+6He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.+7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.+8And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;+9Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.+10He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.+11If they hearken and serve [him], They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.+12But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.+13But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.+14They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean.+15He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.+16Yea, 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.+17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].+18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.+19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?+20Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.+21Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.+22Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?+23Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?+24Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.+25All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. 26Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.+27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,+28Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.+29Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?+30Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.+31For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.+32He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.+33The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.+
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