| 36 | Job | Reference | |
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| And Eli'hu continued, and said: | |||
| "Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf. | |||
| I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | |||
| For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. | |||
| "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. | |||
| He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. | |||
| He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted. | |||
| And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction, | |||
| then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. | |||
| He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity. | |||
| If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. | |||
| But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge. | |||
| "The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. | |||
| They die in youth, and their life ends in shame. | |||
| He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity. | |||
| He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. | |||
| "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. | |||
| Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing; and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. | |||
| Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? | |||
| Do not long for the night, when peoples are cut off in their place. | |||
| Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. | |||
| Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? | |||
| Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, 'Thou hast done wrong'? | |||
| "Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. | |||
| All men have looked on it; man beholds it from afar. | |||
| Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. | |||
| For he draws up the drops of water, he distils his mist in rain | |||
| which the skies pour down, and drop upon man abundantly. | |||
| Can any one understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? | |||
| Behold, he scatters his lightning about him, and covers the roots of the sea. | |||
| For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. | |||
| He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark. | |||
| Its crashing declares concerning him, who is jealous with anger against iniquity. | |||
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