Book 29 : KETUVIM - JOB - Chapter 036
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Elihu also proceeded, and said
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Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet
words on G-d's behalf
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe
righteousness to my Maker
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For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in
mind is with thee
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Behold, G-d is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is
mighty in strength of understanding
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the
poor their right
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He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with
kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted
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And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
affliction
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Then He declareth unto them their work, and their
transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly
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He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth
that they return from iniquity
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If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days
in prosperity, and their years in pleasures
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But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword,
and they shall die without knowledge
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But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry
not for help when He bindeth them
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Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of
the depraved
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He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth
their ear by tribulation
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Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad
place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full
of fatness
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And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment
and justice take hold on them
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For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy
sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside
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Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the
forces of thy strength
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Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their
place
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Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen
rather than affliction
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Behold, G-d doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher
like Him
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Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou
hast wrought unrighteousness'
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Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have
sung
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All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off
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Behold, G-d is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of
His years is unsearchable
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For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain
from His vapour
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Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of
men
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Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the
crashings of His pavilion
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Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth
the depths of the sea
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For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in
abundance
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He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a
charge that it strike the mark
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The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also
concerning the storm that cometh up
Book 29 : KETUVIM - JOB - Chapter 036
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