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| 1 And Elihu answereth and saith: |
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| 2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said 'My righteousness [is] more than God's ' |
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| 3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin ' |
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| 4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee, |
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| 5 Behold attentively the heavens and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou. |
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| 6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him |
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| 7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him Or what from thy hand doth He receive |
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| 8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness. |
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| 9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty. |
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| 10 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker Giving songs in the night, |
Songs In the night – Even in this night-time the Lord's people do not need to sorrow as others who have no hope. "He hath put a new song into our mouths." (Psa. 40:3) R3123:3
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| 11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.' |
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| 12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers. |
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| 13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it. |
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| 14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him. |
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| 15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity. |
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| 16 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth. |
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