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The Book of Job, Chapter 36
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Elihu also proceeded, and said,
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Suffer me a little, and Iwill shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe
righteousness to my Maker.
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For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee.
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Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in
strength and wisdom.
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the
poor.
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings
are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they
are exalted.
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And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
affliction;
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Then he sheweth them their work, and their
transgressions that they have exceeded.
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He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that
they return from iniquity.
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If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
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But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they
shall die without knowledge.
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But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he
bindeth them.
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They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears
in oppression.
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Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a
broad place, where there is no straitness; 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: judgment and
justice take hold on thee.
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Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his
stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
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Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather
than affliction.
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Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
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Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought
iniquity?
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Remember that thou magnify his work, which men
behold.
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Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
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Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the
number of his years be searched out.
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For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain
according to the vapour thereof:
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Which the clouds do drop and
distil upon man abundantly.
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Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the
noise of his tabernacle?
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Behold, he spreadeth his light upon
it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
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For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
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With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to
shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
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The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also
concerning the vapour.
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