Elihu Extols God's Greatness |
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Eli'hu also proceeded, and said,
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Suffer me a little, and I will show thee
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that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. |
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar,
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and will ascribe rightousness to my Maker. |
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For truly my words shall not be false:
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he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. |
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Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any:
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he is mighty in strength and wisdom. |
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked:
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but giveth right to the poor. |
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:
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but with kings are they on the throne; |
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yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. |
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And if they be bound in fetters,
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and be holden in cords of affliction; |
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then he showeth them their work,
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and their trangressions that they have exceeded. |
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He openeth also their ear to discipline,
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and commandeth that they return from iniquity. |
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If they obey and serve him,
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they shall spend their days in prosperity, |
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and their years in pleasures. |
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But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword,
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and they shall die without knowledge. |
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But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath:
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they cry not when he bindeth them. |
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They die in youth,
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and their life is among the unclean. |
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction,
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and openeth their ears in oppression. |
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Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait
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into a broad place, where there is no straitness; |
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and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. |
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But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked:
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judgment and justice take hold on thee. |
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Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke:
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then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. |
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Will he esteem thy riches?
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No, not gold, |
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nor all the forces of strength. |
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Desire not the night,
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when people are cut off in their place. |
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Take heed, regard not iniquity:
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for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. |
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Behold, God exalteth by his power:
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Who hath enjoined him his way?
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Or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? |
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Remember that thou magnify his work,
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Every man may see it;
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man may behold it afar off. |
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Behold, God is great, and we know him not,
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neither can the number of his years be searched out. |
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For he maketh small the drops of water:
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they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof; |
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which the clouds do drop
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and distil upon man abundantly. |
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Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds,
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or the noise of his tabernacle? |
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Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it,
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and covereth the bottom of the sea. |
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For by them judgeth he the people;
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he giveth meat in abundance. |
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With clouds he covereth the light;
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and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. |
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The noise thereof showeth concerning it,
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the cattle also concerning the vapor. |
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