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# Chapter 36
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1 Then Elihu continued, saying:
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2 Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
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for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.
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3 I will get my knowledge from a distant place
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and ascribe justice to my Maker.
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4 Indeed, my words are not false;
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one who has complete knowledge is with you.
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5 Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one;
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he understands all things.
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6 He does not keep the wicked alive,
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but he gives justice to the oppressed.
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7 He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous,
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but he seats them forever with enthroned kings,
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and they are exalted.
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8 If people are bound with chains
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and trapped by the cords of affliction,
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9 God tells them what they have done
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and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
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10 He opens their ears to correction
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and tells them to repent from iniquity.
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11 If they listen and serve him,
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they will end their days in prosperity
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and their years in happiness.
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12 But if they do not listen,
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they will cross the river of death
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and die without knowledge.
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13 Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
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even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
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14 They die in their youth;
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their life ends among male cult prostitutes.
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15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;
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he instructs them by their torment.
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16 Indeed, he lured you from the jaws of distress
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to a spacious and unconfined place.
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Your table was spread with choice food.
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17 Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
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judgment and justice have seized you.
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18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches;
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do not let a large ransom lead you astray.
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19 Can your wealth or all your physical exertion
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keep you from distress?
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20 Do not long for the night
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when nations will disappear from their places.
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21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
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for that is why you have been tested by affliction.
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22 Look, God shows himself exalted by his power.
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Who is a teacher like him?
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23 Who has appointed his way for him,
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and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?
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24 Remember that you should praise his work,
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which people have sung about.
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25 All mankind has seen it;
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people have looked at it from a distance.
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26 Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;
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the number of his years cannot be counted.
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27 For he makes waterdrops evaporate;
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they distill the rain into its mist,
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28 which the clouds pour out
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and shower abundantly on mankind.
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29 Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
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or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?
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30 See how he spreads his lightning around him
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and covers the depths of the sea.
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31 For he judges the nations with these;
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he gives food in abundance.
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32 He covers his hands with lightning
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and commands it to hit its mark.
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33 The thunder declares his presence;
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the cattle also, the approaching storm. |