| 章 |
| 36:1 |
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
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| 36:2 |
Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.
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| 36:3 |
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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| 36:4 |
For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
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| 36:5 |
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
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| 36:6 |
He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.
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| 36:7 |
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
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| 36:8 |
And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;
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| 36:9 |
Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
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| 36:10 |
He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
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| 36:11 |
If they hearken and serve [him], They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
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| 36:12 |
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
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| 36:13 |
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
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| 36:14 |
They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean.
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| 36:15 |
He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
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| 36:16 |
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.
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| 36:17 |
But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
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| 36:18 |
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
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| 36:19 |
Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
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| 36:20 |
Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
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| 36:21 |
Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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| 36:22 |
Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
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| 36:23 |
Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
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| 36:24 |
Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
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| 36:25 |
All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
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| 36:26 |
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
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| 36:27 |
For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
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| 36:28 |
Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
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| 36:29 |
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
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| 36:30 |
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
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| 36:31 |
For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
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| 36:32 |
He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
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| 36:33 |
The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.
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