34 lines
1.3 KiB
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34 lines
1.3 KiB
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# Chapter 35
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1 Then Elihu continued, saying:
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2 Do you think it is just when you say,
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“I am righteous before God”?
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3 For you ask, “What does it profit you,
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and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”
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4 I will answer you
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and your friends with you.
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5 Look at the heavens and see;
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gaze at the clouds high above you.
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6 If you sin, how does it affect God?
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If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?
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7 If you are righteous, what do you give him,
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or what does he receive from your hand?
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8 Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
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and your righteousness, a son of man.
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9 People cry out because of severe oppression;
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they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.
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10 But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker,
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who provides us with songs in the night,
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11 who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
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and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”
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12 There they cry out, but he does not answer,
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because of the pride of evil people.
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13 Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,
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and the Almighty does not take note of it—
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14 how much less when you complain
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that you do not see him,
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that your case is before him
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and you are waiting for him.
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15 But now, because God’s anger does not punish
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and he does not pay attention to transgression,
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16 Job opens his mouth in vain
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and multiplies words without knowledge. |