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Job 36

Elihu Speaks of God's Dealings with Men

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Then Elihu continued and said,

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"Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there  1is yet more to be said in God's behalf.

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"I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe  arighteousness to my Maker.

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"For truly  amy words are not false; One who is  bperfect in knowledge is with you.

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"Behold, God is mighty but does not  adespise any; He is  bmighty in strength of understanding.

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"He does not  akeep the wicked alive, But gives justice to  bthe afflicted.

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"He does not  awithdraw His eyes from the righteous; But  bwith kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

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"And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of  aaffliction,

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Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have  amagnified themselves.

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aHe opens their ear to instruction, And  bcommands that they return from evil.

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"If they hear and serve Him, They will  aend their days in prosperity And their years in  bpleasures.

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"But if they do not hear, they shall  1perish  aby the sword And they will  bdie without knowledge.

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"But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them.

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1They die in youth, And their life perishes among the  acult prostitutes.

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"He delivers the afflicted in  1their  aaffliction, And  bopens their ear  2in time of oppression.

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"Then indeed, He  aenticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of  1fatness.

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"But you were full of  ajudgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.

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"Beware that  awrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the  bransom turn you aside.

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"Will your  1riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your strength?

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"Do not long for  athe night, When people  1vanish in their place.

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"Be careful, do  anot turn to evil, For you have preferred this to  baffliction.

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"Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a  ateacher like Him?

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"Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, ` aYou have done wrong'?

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"Remember that you should  aexalt His work, Of which men have  bsung.

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"All men have seen it; Man beholds from afar.

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"Behold, God is  aexalted, and  bwe do not know Him; The  cnumber of His years is unsearchable.

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"For  aHe draws up the drops of water, They distill rain from  1the  2mist,

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Which the clouds pour down, They drip upon man abundantly.

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"Can anyone understand the  aspreading of the clouds, The  bthundering of His  1pavilion?

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"Behold, He spreads His  1lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.

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"For by these He  ajudges peoples; He  bgives food in abundance.

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"He covers His hands with the  1lightning, And  acommands it to strike the mark.

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"Its  anoise declares  1His presence; The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.



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