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36.1 Elihu also proceeded, and said:


 * Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee;
 * For there are yet words on God's behalf.
 * I will fetch my knowledge from afar,
 * And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
 * For truly my words are not false;
 * One that is upright in mind is with thee.
 * Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any;
 * He is mighty in strength of understanding.
 * He preserveth not the life of the wicked;
 * But giveth to the poor their right.
 * He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous;
 * But with kings upon the throne
 * He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
 * And if they be bound in fetters,
 * And be holden in cords of affliction;
 * Then He declareth unto them their work,
 * And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
 * He openeth also their ear to discipline,
 * And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
 * If they hearken and serve Him,
 * They shall spend their days in prosperity,
 * And their years in pleasures.
 * But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword,
 * And they shall die without knowledge.
 * But they that are godless in heart lay up anger;
 * They cry not for help when He bindeth them.
 * Their soul perisheth in youth,
 * And their life as that of the depraved.
 * He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction,
 * And openeth their ear by tribulation.
 * 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;
 * And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked;
 * Judgment and justice take hold on them.
 * For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency;
 * Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
 * Will thy riches avail, that are without stint,
 * Or all the forces of thy strength?
 * Desire not the night,
 * When peoples are cut off in their place.
 * Take heed, regard not iniquity;
 * For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.


 * Behold, God doeth loftily in His power;
 * Who is a teacher like Him?
 * Who hath enjoined Him His way?
 * Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?
 * Remember that thou magnify His work,
 * Whereof men have sung.
 * All men have looked thereon;
 * Man beholdeth it afar off.
 * Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge;
 * The number of His years is unsearchable.
 * For He draweth away the drops of water,