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1 Elihu also proceeded, and
said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee
that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and
will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words shall not be
false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 Behold, God is
mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and
wisdom.
6 He preserveth not the life of the
wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the
righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish
them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and
be holden in cords of affliction;
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and
their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10 He openeth also their ear to
discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve him, they
shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish
by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up
wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
14 They die in youth, and their life is
among the unclean.
15 He delivereth the poor in
his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
16 Even so would he have removed thee out
of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness;
and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of
the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
18 Because there is wrath, beware
lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot
deliver thee.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no,
not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Desire not the night, when people are
cut off in their place.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for
this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who
teacheth like him?
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who
can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
24 Remember that thou magnify
his work, which men behold.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold it
afar off.
26 Behold, God is great, and we
know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water:
they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
28 Which the clouds do drop and
distil upon man abundantly.
29 Also can any understand the
spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it,
and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For by them judgeth he the people; he
giveth meat in abundance.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and
commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning
it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
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