| Chapter 36 |
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Eliu also proceeded, and said : --
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Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf. --
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I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just. --
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For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee. --
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God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty. --
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But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor. --
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He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted. --
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And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty : --
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He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. --
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He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity. --
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If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory. --
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But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly. --
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Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound. --
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Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate. --
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He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. --
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Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. --
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Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. --
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Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. --
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Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. --
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Prolong not the night that people may come up for them. --
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Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity : for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. --
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Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers. --
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Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou has wrought iniquity? --
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Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung. --
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All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off. --
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Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable. --
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He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods : --
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Which flow from the clouds that cover all above. --
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If he will spread out clouds as his tent, --
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And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea. --
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For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals. --
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In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again. --
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He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it. --
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