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“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.
“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.
For I have not finished defending God!
For I have not finished defending God!
I will fetch my knowledge from afar;
I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will present profound arguments
for the righteousness of my Creator.
for the righteousness of 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.
I am telling you nothing but the truth,
for I am a man of great knowledge.
for I am a man of great knowledge.
“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
But gives justice to the oppressed.
But gives justice to the oppressed.
He does not let the wicked live
but gives justice to the afflicted.
but gives 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 never takes his eyes off the innocent,
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.
If they are bound in chains
and caught up in a web of trouble,
and caught up in a web of trouble,
he shows them the reason.
He shows them their sins of pride.
He shows them their sins of pride.
He gets their attention
and commands that they turn from evil.
and commands that they turn from evil.
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 listen and obey God,
they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.
All their years will be pleasant.
they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.
All their years will be pleasant.
But if they refuse to listen to him,
they will cross over the river of death,
dying from lack of understanding.
they will cross over the river of death,
dying from lack of understanding.
“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.
For the godless are full of resentment.
Even when he punishes them,
they refuse to cry out to him for help.
Even when he punishes them,
they refuse to cry out to him for help.
They die when they are young,
after wasting their lives in immoral living.
after wasting their lives in immoral living.
He delivers the poor in their affliction,
And opens their ears in oppression.
And opens their ears in oppression.
But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
For he gets their attention through adversity.
For he gets their attention through adversity.
“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.
“God is leading you away from danger, Job,
to a place free from distress.
He is setting your table with the best food.
to a place free from distress.
He is setting your table with the best food.
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 you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.
Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
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.
Will your riches,
Or all the mighty forces,
Keep you from distress?
Or all the mighty forces,
Keep you from distress?
Do not desire the night,
When people are cut off in their place.
When people are cut off in 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.
Be on guard! Turn back from evil,
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power
“Behold, God is exalted by His power;
Who teaches like Him?
Who teaches like Him?
“Look, God is all-powerful.
Who is a teacher like him?
Who is a teacher like him?
Who has assigned Him His way,
Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?
Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?
No one can tell him what to do,
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
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.
Instead, glorify his mighty works,
singing songs of praise.
singing songs of praise.
Everyone has seen it;
Man looks on it from afar.
Man looks on it from afar.
Everyone has seen these things,
though only from a distance.
though only from a distance.
“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.
“Look, God is greater than we can understand.
His years cannot be counted.
His years cannot be counted.
For He draws up drops of water,
Which distill as rain from the mist,
Which distill as rain from the mist,
He draws up the water vapor
and then distills it into rain.
and then distills it into rain.
Which the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.
And pour abundantly on man.
The rain pours down from the clouds,
and everyone benefits.
and everyone benefits.
Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,
The thunder from His canopy?
The thunder from His canopy?
Who can understand the spreading of the clouds
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
Look, He scatters His light upon it,
And covers the depths of the sea.
And covers the depths of the sea.
See how he spreads the lightning around him
and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
For by these He judges the peoples;
He gives food in abundance.
He gives food in abundance.
He fills his hands with lightning bolts
and hurls each at its target.
and hurls each at its target.