 1 Elihu said, 2 Wait for me a little and I will show you that there are yet words for God. 3 I will bring my knowledge from far away. I will credit+ righteousness to my maker. 4 For truly my words are not false. The one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. 5 Behold, God is mighty and does not despise. He is mighty in strength of heart. 6 He will not keep alive one who is wicked but gives right to the afflicted. 7 He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, but they are like kings on the throne. Yes, He causes them to sit forever and they are very high. 8 If they are bound in chains and held in cords of affliction, 9 He shows them their work and their sins, and that they have behaved proudly. 10 He also opens their ears to teaching and commands that they return from iniquity. 11 If they obey and serve Him, they will spend their days in blessedness and their years in pleasures. 12 But if they do not obey, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge. 13 The ungodly in heart heap up wrath. They do not cry when He binds them. 14 Their soul dies in youth and their life ends among the sodomites. 15 He delivers the poor from their affliction and opens their ears by oppression. 16 He also would have lured you from the mouth of distress to a wide place not cramped. And the setting of your table would be full of fatness. 17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold. 18 Beware of wrath, that He not lure you with His scorn. Then a great ransom cannot turn you aside. 19 If your cry for help is set in order, then it will not be in distress, but with all the forces of strength. 20 Do not desire the night when people are cut off in their place. 21 Beware, do not turn to iniquity. For this you have chosen rather than affliction. 22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who teaches like Him? 23 Who has appointed Him His way? Who can say, You have done wrong? 24 Remember that you magnify His work about which people have sung praise. 25 Everyone has seen it. People can see it from far off. 26 Behold, God is great. We do not know the number of His years. They cannot be searched out. 27 He draws up the drops of water and distills rain into mist. 28 The clouds pour down and drop rain on man plentifully. 29 Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds or the crashing of His canopy? 30 Behold, He spreads His light on it and He covers the bottom of the sea. 31 For by them He judges the people. He gives plenty of food. 32 He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. 33 The noise of thunder declares Him. Even the cattle react concerning the vapor.
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