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Elihu Proclaims God’s Goodness
Elihu also proceeded and said:
Elihu also proceeded and said:
Elihu Shows God's Justice and Power
And Elihu proceeded and said,
And Elihu proceeded and said,
“Bear with me a little, and I will show you
That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.
That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for +God.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar;
I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
For truly my words are not false;
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
But gives justice to the oppressed.
But gives justice to the oppressed.
He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.
But they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
If they obey and serve Him,
They shall spend their days in prosperity,
And their years in pleasures.
They shall spend their days in prosperity,
And their years in pleasures.
If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.
They do not cry for help when He binds them.
But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
He delivers the poor in their affliction,
And opens their ears in oppression.
And opens their ears in oppression.
But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
“Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress,
Into a broad place where there is no restraint;
And what is set on your table would be full of richness.
Into a broad place where there is no restraint;
And what is set on your table would be full of richness.
Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked;
Judgment and justice take hold of you.
Judgment and justice take hold of you.
But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow;
For a large ransom would not help you avoid it.
For a large ransom would not help you avoid it.
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
Will your riches,
Or all the mighty forces,
Keep you from distress?
Or all the mighty forces,
Keep you from distress?
Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
Do not desire the night,
When people are cut off in their place.
When people are cut off in their place.
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
Take heed, do not turn to iniquity,
For you have chosen this rather than affliction.
For you have chosen this rather than affliction.
Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
“Behold, God is exalted by His power;
Who teaches like Him?
Who teaches like Him?
Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
Who has assigned Him His way,
Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?
Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?
Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty
“Remember to magnify His work,
Of which men have sung.
“Remember to magnify His work,
Of which men have sung.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
Everyone has seen it;
Man looks on it from afar.
Man looks on it from afar.
All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
“Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him;
Nor can the number of His years be discovered.
Nor can the number of His years be discovered.
Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
For He draws up drops of water,
Which distill as rain from the mist,
Which distill as rain from the mist,
For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
Which the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.
And pour abundantly on man.
Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,
The thunder from His canopy?
The thunder from His canopy?
But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
Look, He scatters His light upon it,
And covers the depths of the sea.
And covers the depths of the sea.
Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
For by these He judges the peoples;
He gives food in abundance.
He gives food in abundance.
For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.