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The Book of Job

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- Chapter 36 -

Elihu proclaims God's goodness

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And Elihu adds and says:
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“Honor me a little, and I show you, || That yet for God [are] words.
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I lift up my knowledge from afar, || And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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For my words [are] truly not false, || The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
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Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, || Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
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He does not revive the wicked, || And appoints the judgment of the poor;
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He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, || And [from] kings on the throne, || And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,
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And if prisoners in chains || They are captured with cords of affliction,
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Then He declares to them their work, || And their transgressions, || Because they have become mighty,
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And He uncovers their ear for instruction, || And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
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If they hear and serve, || They complete their days in good, || And their years in pleasantness.
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And if they do not listen, || They pass away by the dart, || And expire without knowledge.
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And the profane in heart set the face, || They do not cry when He has bound them.
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Their soul dies in youth, || And their life among the defiled.
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He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, || And uncovers their ear in oppression.
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And He also moved you from a narrow place || [To] a broad place—no constriction under it, || And the sitting beyond of your table has been full of fatness.
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And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, || Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
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Lest He move you with a stroke, || And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
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Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.
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Do not desire the night, || For the going up of peoples in their stead.
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Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, || For you have fixed on this || Rather than [on] affliction.
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Behold, God sits on high by His power, || Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
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Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?

Elihu proclaims God's majesty

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Remember that you magnify His work || That men have beheld.
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All men have looked on it, || Man looks attentively from afar.
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Behold, God [is] high, || And we do not know the number of His years, || Indeed, there [is] no searching.
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When He diminishes droppings of the waters, || They refine rain according to its vapor,
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Which clouds drop, || They distill on man abundantly.
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Indeed, do [any] understand || The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
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Behold, He has spread His light over it, || And He has covered the roots of the sea,
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For He judges peoples by them, || He gives food in abundance.
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By two palms He has covered the light, || And lays a charge over it in meeting,
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His shout shows it, || The livestock also, the rising [storm].”
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Elihu proclaims God's goodness

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Elihu also continued, and said,
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“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
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I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
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“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
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He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
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He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
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If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
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then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
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He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
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If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
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But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
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“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
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They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
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He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
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Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
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“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
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Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
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Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
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Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
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Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
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Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
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Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?

Elihu proclaims God's majesty

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“Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
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All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
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Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
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For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
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which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
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Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
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Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
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For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
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He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
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Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.
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