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Job - ch 36 v 1 - 20
- Elihu also proceeded, and said,
- Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.
- I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
- For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
- Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted `their' right.
- He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
- And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;
- Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
- He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
- If they hearken and serve `him', They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
- But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
- But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
- They die in youth, And their life `perisheth' among the unclean.
- He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
- Yea, 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.
- But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold `on thee'.
- For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
- Will thy cry avail, `that thou be' not in distress, Or all the forces of `thy' strength?
- Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
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