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Elihu also proceeded, and said, (36:1)

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that [I have] yet to speak on God's behalf (36:2)

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker (36:3)

For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee (36:4)

Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom (36:5)

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor (36:6)

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 (36:7)

And if [they be] bound in fetters, [and] be holden in cords of affliction; (36:8)

Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded (36:9)

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity (36:10)

If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures (36:11)

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge (36:12)

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them (36:13)

They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean (36:14)

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression (36:15)

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 (36:16)

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee] (36:17)

Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee (36:18)

Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength (36:19)

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place (36:20)

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction (36:21)

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? (36:22)

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? (36:23)

Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold (36:24)

Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off (36:25)

Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out (36:26)

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: (36:27)

Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly (36:28)

Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle? (36:29)

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea (36:30)

For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance (36:31)

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt (36:32)

The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour (36:33)

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