[2] Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God’s behalf.
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[3] I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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[4] For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
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[5] Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
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[6] He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.
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[7] 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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[8] And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;
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[9] Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
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[10] He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
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[11] If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
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[12] But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
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[13] But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
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[14] They die in youth, And their lifeperisheth among the unclean.
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[15] He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
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[16] Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
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[17] But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take holdon thee.
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[18] For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
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[19] Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces ofthystrength?
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[20] Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
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[21] Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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[22] Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
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[23] Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
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[24] Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
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[25] All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
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[26] Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
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[27] For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
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[28] Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
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[29] Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
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[30] Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
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[31] For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
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[32] He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
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[33] The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerningthe stormthat cometh up.
