Elihu <H0453> also proceeded, <H3254> and said, <H0559>
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Suffer <H3803> me a little, <H2191> and I will shew <H2331> thee that [I have] yet to speak <H4405> on God's <H0433> behalf.
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I will fetch <H5375> my knowledge <H1843> from afar, <H7350> and will ascribe <H5414> righteousness <H6664> to my Maker. <H6466>
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For truly <H0551> my words <H4405> [shall] not [be] false: <H8267> he that is perfect <H8549> in knowledge <H1844> [is] with thee.
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Behold, God <H0410> [is] mighty, <H3524> and despiseth <H3988> not [any: he is] mighty <H3524> in strength <H3581> [and] wisdom. <H3820>
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He preserveth not the life <H2421> of the wicked: <H7563> but giveth <H5414> right <H4941> to the poor. <H6041>
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He withdraweth <H1639> not his eyes <H5869> from the righteous: <H6662> but with kings <H4428> [are they] on the throne; <H3678> yea, he doth establish <H3427> them for ever, <H5331> and they are exalted. <H1361>
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And if [they be] bound <H0631> in fetters, <H2131> [and] be holden <H3920> in cords <H2256> of affliction; <H6040>
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Then he sheweth <H5046> them their work, <H6467> and their transgressions <H6588> that they have exceeded. <H1396>
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He openeth <H1540> also their ear <H0241> to discipline, <H4148> and commandeth <H0559> that they return <H7725> from iniquity. <H0205>
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If they obey <H8085> and serve <H5647> [him], they shall spend <H3615> their days <H3117> in prosperity, <H2896> and their years <H8141> in pleasures. <H5273>
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But if they obey <H8085> not, they shall perish <H5674> by the sword, <H7973> and they shall die <H1478> without knowledge. <H1847>
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But the hypocrites <H2611> in heart <H3820> heap up <H7760> wrath: <H0639> they cry <H7768> not when he bindeth <H0631> them.
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They <H5315> die <H4191> in youth, <H5290> and their life <H2416> [is] among the unclean. <H6945>
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He delivereth <H2502> the poor <H6041> in his affliction, <H6040> and openeth <H1540> their ears <H0241> in oppression. <H3906>
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Even so would he have removed <H5496> thee out <H6310> of the strait <H6862> [into] a broad place, <H7338> where <H8478> [there is] no straitness; <H4164> and that which should be set on <H5183> thy table <H7979> [should be] full <H4390> of fatness. <H1880>
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But thou hast fulfilled <H4390> the judgment <H1779> of the wicked: <H7563> judgment <H1779> and justice <H4941> take hold <H8551> [on thee].
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Because [there is] wrath, <H2534> [beware] lest he take thee away <H5496> with [his] stroke: <H5607> then a great <H7230> ransom <H3724> cannot deliver <H5186> thee.
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Will he esteem <H6186> thy riches? <H7769> [no], not gold, <H1222> nor all the forces <H3981> of strength. <H3581>
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Desire <H7602> not the night, <H3915> when people <H5971> are cut off <H5927> in their place.
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Take heed, <H8104> regard <H6437> not iniquity: <H0205> for this hast thou chosen <H0977> rather than affliction. <H6040>
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Behold, God <H0410> exalteth <H7682> by his power: <H3581> who teacheth <H3384> like him?
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Who hath enjoined <H6485> him his way? <H1870> or who can say, <H0559> Thou hast wrought <H6466> iniquity? <H5766>
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Remember <H2142> that thou magnify <H7679> his work, <H6467> which men <H0582> behold. <H7891>
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Every man <H0120> may see <H2372> it; man <H0582> may behold <H5027> [it] afar off. <H7350>
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Behold, God <H0410> [is] great, <H7689> and we know <H3045> [him] not, neither can the number <H4557> of his years <H8141> be searched out. <H2714>
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For he maketh small <H1639> the drops <H5198> of water: <H4325> they pour down <H2212> rain <H4306> according to the vapour <H0108> thereof:
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Which the clouds <H7834> do drop <H5140> [and] distil <H7491> upon man <H0120> abundantly. <H7227>
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Also can [any] understand <H0995> the spreadings <H4666> of the clouds, <H5645> [or] the noise <H8663> of his tabernacle? <H5521>
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Behold, he spreadeth <H6566> his light <H0216> upon it, and covereth <H3680> the bottom <H8328> of the sea. <H3220>
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For by them judgeth <H1777> he the people; <H5971> he giveth <H5414> meat <H0400> in abundance. <H4342>
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With clouds <H3709> he covereth <H3680> the light; <H0216> and commandeth <H6680> it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt. <H6293>
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The noise <H7452> thereof sheweth <H5046> concerning it, the cattle <H4735> also concerning the vapour. <H5927>