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| 36:1 |
And Eli'hu continued, and said:
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| 36:2 |
'Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
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| 36:3 |
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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| 36:4 |
For truly my words are not false;one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
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| 36:5 |
'Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any;he is mighty in strength of understanding.
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| 36:6 |
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
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| 36:7 |
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted.
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| 36:8 |
And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction,
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| 36:9 |
then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
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| 36:10 |
He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
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| 36:11 |
If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
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| 36:12 |
But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
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| 36:13 |
'The godless in heart cherish anger;they do not cry for help when he binds them.
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| 36:14 |
They die in youth, and their life ends in shame.
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| 36:15 |
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity.
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| 36:16 |
He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
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| 36:17 |
'But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;judgment and justice seize you.
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| 36:18 |
Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing;and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
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| 36:19 |
Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
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| 36:20 |
Do not long for the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
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| 36:21 |
Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
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| 36:22 |
Behold, God is exalted in his power;who is a teacher like him?
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| 36:23 |
Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, Thou hast done wrong'?
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| 36:24 |
'Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung.
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| 36:25 |
All men have looked on it;man beholds it from afar.
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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 draws up the drops of water, he distils his mist in rain
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| 36:28 |
which the skies pour down, and drop upon man abundantly.
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| 36:29 |
Can any one understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
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| 36:30 |
Behold, he scatters his lightning about him, and covers the roots of the sea.
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| 36:31 |
For by these he judges peoples;he gives food in abundance.
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| 36:32 |
He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
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| 36:33 |
Its crashing declares concerning him, who is jealous with anger against iniquity.
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