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| 1 And Elihu addeth and saith: |
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| 2 Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words. |
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| 3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness. |
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| 4 For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee. |
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| 5 Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart. |
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| 6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth; |
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| 7 He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high, |
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| 8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction, |
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| 9 Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty, |
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| 10 And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity. |
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| 11 If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness. |
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| 12 And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge. |
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| 13 And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them. |
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| 14 Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled. |
They – Margin: Their soul. It is not the body, but the being, called in scripture "soul", that dies. R205:4, R277:1
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| 15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear. |
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| 16 And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness. |
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| 17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury, |
Take hold on thee – "Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne." (Psa. 89:14) T124
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| 18 Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside. |
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| 19 Doth He value thy riches He hath gold, and all the forces of power. |
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| 20 Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead. |
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| 21 Take heed do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction. |
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| 22 Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him a teacher |
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| 23 Who hath appointed unto Him his way And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity ' |
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| 24 Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld. |
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| 25 All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar. |
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| 26 Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching. |
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| 27 When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour, |
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| 28 Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly. |
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| 29 Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud The noises of His tabernacle |
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| 30 Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered, |
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| 31 For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance. |
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| 32 By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting, |
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| 33 He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity. |
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