Job:36

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* Elihu went on and said , * Wait for me a little , and I will show you that [there are ] yet words for God . * I will bring my knowledge from afar , and I will credit righteousness to my Maker . * For truly my words [are ] not false ; He who is perfect in knowledge [is ] with you . * Behold , God [is ] mighty , and does not despise ; [He is ] mighty in strength of heart . * He will not keep alive one who is wicked , but gives right to the afflicted . * He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous , but [they are ] like kings on the throne ; yes , [He ] causes them to sit forever , and they are very high . * And if they [are ] bound in chains , and are held in cords of affliction , * then He shows them their work , and their sins , that they have behaved themselves proudly . * He also opens their ears to teaching , and commands that they return from iniquity . * If they obey and serve Him , they shall spend their days in blessedness , and their years in pleasures . * But if they do not obey , they shall perish by the sword , and they shall die without knowledge . * But the ungodly in heart heap up wrath ; they cry not when He binds them . * Their soul dies in youth , and their life [ends ] among the sodomites . * He delivers the poor in his affliction , and opens their ears by oppression . * And He also would have lured you from the mouth of distress [to ] a wide place not cramped ; and the setting of your table [would be ] full of fatness . * But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked ; judgment and justice take hold ; * For [beware ] wrath , that He not lure you with [His ] scorn ; then a great ransom cannot turn you aside . * [If ] your cry for help is set in order , then [it will ] not [be ]. in distress , but with all the forces of strength . * Desire not the night , when people are cut off in their place . * Beware , do not turn to iniquity ; for this you have chosen rather than affliction . * Behold , God is exalted in His power ; who teaches like Him ? * Who has appointed Him His way ; or who can say , You have done wrong ? * Remember that you magnify His work of which men have sung ; * every man has seen it ; man may see [it ] afar off . * Behold , God [is ] great , and we do not know ; the number of His years cannot be searched out . * For He draws up the drops of water ; they distill rain into mist , * which the clouds pour down [and ] drop on man plentifully . * Also can [any ] understand the spreading of the clouds , or the crashing of His canopy ? * Behold , He spreads His light on it , and He covers the bottom of the sea . * For by them He judges the people ; He gives plenty of food . * He covers His hands with the lightning , and commands it to strike the mark ; * its thunder declares concerning Him , and the cattle , concerning what is coming .

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