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Elihu also proceeded# , and said# ,
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2
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Suffer# me a little, and I will shew# thee that
I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
[I have...: Heb. there are yet words for God]
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3
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I will fetch# my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe# righteousness to my Maker# .
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4
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For truly my words
shall not
be false: he that is perfect in knowledge
is with thee.
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5
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Behold, God
is mighty, and despiseth# not
any: he is mighty in strength
and wisdom.
[wisdom: Heb. heart]
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6
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He preserveth not the life# of the wicked: but giveth# right to the poor.
[poor: or, afflicted]
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7
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He withdraweth# not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings
are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish# them for ever, and they are exalted# .
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And if
they be bound# in fetters,
and be holden# in cords of affliction;
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Then he sheweth# them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded# .
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10
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He openeth# also their ear to discipline, and commandeth# that they return# from iniquity.
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If they obey# and serve#
him , they shall spend# their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
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12
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But if they obey# not, they shall perish# by the sword, and they shall die# without knowledge.
[perish: Heb. pass away]
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13
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But the hypocrites in heart heap up# wrath: they cry# not when he bindeth# them.
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They die# in youth, and their life
is among the unclean.
[They...: Heb. Their soul dieth]
[unclean: or, sodomites]
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15
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He delivereth# the poor in his affliction, and openeth# their ears in oppression.
[poor: or, afflicted]
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16
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Even so would he have removed# thee out of the strait#
into a broad place, where
there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table
should be full# of fatness.
[that...: Heb. the rest of thy table]
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But thou hast fulfilled# the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold#
on thee .
[take...: or, should uphold thee]
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18
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Because
there is wrath,
beware lest he take thee away# with
his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver# thee.
[deliver...: Heb. turn thee aside]
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Will he esteem# thy riches?
no , not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
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20
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Desire# not the night, when people are cut off# in their place.
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21
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Take heed# , regard# not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen# rather than affliction.
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22
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Behold, God exalteth# by his power: who teacheth# like him?
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23
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Who hath enjoined# him his way? or who can say# , Thou hast wrought# iniquity?
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Remember# that thou magnify# his work, which men behold# .
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25
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Every man may see# it; man may behold#
it afar off.
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26
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Behold, God
is great, and we know#
him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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For he maketh small# the drops of water: they pour down# rain according to the vapour thereof:
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Which the clouds do drop#
and distil# upon man abundantly.
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29
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Also can
any understand# the spreadings of the clouds,
or the noise of his tabernacle?
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30
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Behold, he spreadeth# his light upon it, and covereth# the bottom of the sea.
[bottom: Heb. roots]
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31
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For by them judgeth# he the people; he giveth# meat in abundance# .
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32
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With clouds he covereth# the light; and commandeth# it
not to shine by
the cloud that cometh betwixt# .
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33
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The noise thereof sheweth# concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour# .
[the vapour: Heb. that which goeth up]
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