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[1]ElihuH453 also proceededH3254[H8686], H559and saidH8799
[2]SufferH3803[H8761] me a littleH2191, and I will shewH2331[H8762] thee that I have yet to speakH4405 on God's behalfH433.
[3]I will fetchH5375[H8799] my knowledgeH1843 from afarH7350, and will ascribeH5414[H8799] righteousnessH6664 to my MakerH6466.[H8802]
[4]For trulyH551 my wordsH4405 shall not be falseH8267: he that is perfectH8549 in knowledge is with theeH1844.
[5]Behold, GodH410 is mightyH3524, and despisethH3988[H8799] not any: he is mightyH3524 in strengthH3581 and wisdomH3820.
[6]He preserveth not the lifeH2421[H8762] of the wickedH7563: but givethH5414[H8799] rightH4941 to the poorH6041.
[7]He withdrawethH1639[H8799] not his eyesH5869 from the righteousH6662: but with kingsH4428 are they on the throneH3678; yea, he doth establishH3427[H8686] them for everH5331, and they are exaltedH1361.[H8799]
[8]And if they be boundH631[H8803] in fettersH2131, and be holdenH3920[H8735] in cordsH2256 of afflictionH6040;
[9]Then he shewethH5046[H8686] them their workH6467, and their transgressionsH6588 that they have exceededH1396.[H8691]
[10]He openethH1540[H8799] also their earH241 to disciplineH4148, and commandethH559[H8799] that they returnH7725[H8799] from iniquityH205.
[11]If they obeyH8085[H8799] and serveH5647[H8799] him, they shall spendH3615[H8762] their daysH3117 in prosperityH2896, and their yearsH8141 in pleasuresH5273.
[12]But if they obeyH8085[H8799] not, they shall perishH5674[H8799] by the swordH7973, and they shall dieH1478[H8799] without knowledgeH1847.
[13]But the hypocritesH2611 in heartH3820 heap upH7760[H8799] wrathH639: they cryH7768[H8762] not when he bindethH631 themH8804.
[14]TheyH5315 dieH4191[H8799] in youthH5290, and their lifeH2416 is among the uncleanH6945.
[15]He deliverethH2502[H8762] the poorH6041 in his afflictionH6040, and openethH1540[H8799] their earsH241 in oppressionH3906.
[16]Even so would he have removedH5496[H8689] thee out of the straitH6310[H6862] into a broad placeH7338, whereH8478 there is no straitnessH4164; and that which should be setH5183 on thy tableH7979 should be fullH4390[H8804] of fatnessH1880.
[17]But thou hast fulfilledH4390[H8804] the judgmentH1779 of the wickedH7563: judgmentH1779 and justiceH4941 take holdH8551 on theeH8799.
[18]Because there is wrathH2534, beware lest he take thee awayH5496[H8686] with his strokeH5607: then a greatH7230 ransomH3724 cannot deliverH5186 theeH8686.
[19]Will he esteemH6186[H8799] thy richesH7769? no, not goldH1222, nor all the forcesH3981 of strengthH3581.
[20]DesireH7602[H8799] not the nightH3915, when peopleH5971 are cut offH5927 in their placeH8800.
[21]Take heedH8104[H8734], regardH6437[H8799] not iniquityH205: for this hast thou chosenH977[H8804] rather than afflictionH6040.
[22]Behold, GodH410 exaltethH7682[H8686] by his powerH3581: who teachethH3384 like himH8688?
[23]Who hath enjoinedH6485[H8804] him his wayH1870? or who can sayH559[H8804], Thou hast wroughtH6466[H8804] iniquityH5766?
[24]RememberH2142[H8798] that thou magnifyH7679[H8686] his workH6467, which menH582 beholdH7891.[H8790]
[25]Every manH120 may seeH2372[H8804] it; manH582 may beholdH5027[H8686] it afar offH7350.
[26]Behold, GodH410 is greatH7689, and we knowH3045[H8799] him not, neither can the numberH4557 of his yearsH8141 be searched outH2714.
[27]For he maketh smallH1639[H8762] the dropsH5198 of waterH4325: they pour downH2212[H8799] rainH4306 according to the vapour thereofH108:
[28]Which the cloudsH7834 do dropH5140[H8799] and distilH7491[H8799] upon manH120 abundantlyH7227.
[29]Also can any understandH995[H8799] the spreadingsH4666 of the cloudsH5645, or the noiseH8663 of his tabernacleH5521?
[30]Behold, he spreadethH6566[H8804] his lightH216 upon it, and coverethH3680[H8765] the bottomH8328 of the seaH3220.
[31]For by them judgethH1777[H8799] he the peopleH5971; he givethH5414[H8799] meatH400 in abundanceH4342.[H8688]
[32]With cloudsH3709 he coverethH3680[H8765] the lightH216; and commandethH6680[H8762] it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixtH6293.[H8688]
[33]The noiseH7452 thereof shewethH5046[H8686] concerning it, the cattleH4735 also concerning the vapourH5927.[H8802]
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