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