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1 Eliu also proceeded, and said:
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Elihu continued and said:
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God’s behalf.
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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.
3 I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.
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I will bring my knowledge from far away, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.
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For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
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"Surely God is mighty and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
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He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
7 He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.
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He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8 And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:
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And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction,
9 He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.
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then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
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He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.
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If they listen, and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
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But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.
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"The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.
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They die in their youth, and their life ends in shame.
15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.
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He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity.
16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.
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He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no constraint, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.
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"But you are obsessed with the case of the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.
18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
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Beware that wrath does not entice you into scoffing, and do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.
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Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or will all the force of your strength?
20 Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.
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Do not long for the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.
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Beware! Do not turn to iniquity; because of that you have been tried by affliction.
22 Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
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See, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou hast wrought iniquity?
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Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, "You have done wrong'?
24 Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.
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"Remember to extol his work, of which mortals have sung.
25 All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.
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All people have looked on it; everyone watches it from far away.
26 Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.
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Surely God is great, and we do not know him; the number of his years is unsearchable.
27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:
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For he draws up the drops of water; he distills his mist in rain,
28 Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
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which the skies pour down and drop upon mortals abundantly.
29 If he will spread out clouds as his tent,
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Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
30 And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.
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See, he scatters his lightning around him and covers the roots of the sea.
31 For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.
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For by these he governs peoples; he gives food in abundance.
32 In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.
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He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.
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Its crashing tells about him; he is jealous with anger against iniquity.
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