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1 Then Elihu continued, saying: And Elihu continued, and said: Elihu continued:
2 Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you, for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf. “Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf. “Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
3 I will get my knowledge from a distant place and ascribe justice to my Maker. I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4 For my arguments are without flaw; one who has perfect knowledge is with you. For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
5 Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He understands all things. “Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but He gives justice to the afflicted. He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
7 He does not remove His gaze from the righteous, but He seats them forever with enthroned kings, and they are exalted. He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted. He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8 If people are bound with chains and trapped by the cords of affliction, And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
9 God tells them what they have done and how arrogantly they have transgressed. then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
10 He opens their ears to correction and insists they repent from iniquity. He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity. He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
11 If they serve Him obediently, they will end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness. If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
12 But if they do not obey, they will cross the river of death and die without knowledge. But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13 Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help. “The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
14 They die in their youth; their life ends among male cult prostitutes. They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes. They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction; He instructs them by their torment. He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
16 Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and unconfined place. Your table was spread with choice food. He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
17 Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you. “But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large ransom lead you astray. Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
19 Can your wealth or all your physical exertion keep you from distress? Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
20 Do not long for the night when nations will disappear from their places. Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place. Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.
21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity, for that is why you have been tested by affliction. Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.
22 Look, God shows Himself exalted by His power. Who is a teacher like Him? Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? “God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23 Who has appointed His way for Him, and who has declared, “You have done wrong|? Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’? Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24 Remember that you should praise His work, which people have sung about. “Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
25 All mankind has seen it; people have looked at it from a distance. All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar. All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
26 Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; the number of His years cannot be counted. Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
27 For He makes waterdrops evaporate; they distill the rain into its mist, For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, “He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams;
28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind. which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly. the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.
29 Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion? Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?
30 See how He spreads His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea. Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea. See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
31 For He judges the nations with these; He gives food in abundance. For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.
32 He covers His hands with lightning and commands it to hit its mark. He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33 The thunder declares His presence; the cattle also, the approaching storm. Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises. His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.
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