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1Then Elihu continued, saying:

1Elihu continued:

2Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you, for there is still more to be said on God's behalf.

2"Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God's behalf.

3I will get my knowledge from a distant place and ascribe justice to my Maker.

3I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

4Indeed, my words are not false; one who has complete knowledge is with you.

4Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

5Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one; he understands all things.

5"God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.

6He does not keep the wicked alive, but he gives justice to the oppressed.

6He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.

7He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous, but he seats them forever with enthroned kings, and they are exalted.

7He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

8If people are bound with chains and trapped by the cords of affliction,

8But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,

9God tells them what they have done and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

9he tells them what they have done-- that they have sinned arrogantly.

10He opens their ears to correction and tells them to repent from iniquity.

10He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.

11If they listen and serve him, they will end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

11If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.

12But if they do not listen, they will cross the river of death and die without knowledge.

12But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

13Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.

13"The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.

14They die in their youth; their life ends among male cult prostitutes.

14They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.

15God rescues the afflicted by their affliction; he instructs them by their torment.

15But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.

16Indeed, he lured you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and unconfined place. Your table was spread with choice food.

16"He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

17Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

17But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.

18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large ransom lead you astray.

18Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

19Can your wealth or all your physical exertion keep you from distress?

19Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?

20Do not long for the night when nations will disappear from their places.

20Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.

21Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity, for that is why you have been tested by affliction.

21Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.

22Look, God shows himself exalted by his power. Who is a teacher like him?

22"God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

23Who has appointed his way for him, and who has declared, "You have done wrong"?

23Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, 'You have done wrong'?

24Remember that you should praise his work, which people have sung about.

24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

25All mankind has seen it; people have looked at it from a distance.

25All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.

26Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge; the number of his years cannot be counted.

26How great is God--beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

27For he makes waterdrops evaporate; they distill the rain into its mist,

27"He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams;

28which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.

28the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.

29Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God's pavilion?

29Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?

30See how he spreads his lightning around him and covers the depths of the sea.

30See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.

31For he judges the nations with these; he gives food in abundance.

31This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.

32He covers his hands with lightning and commands it to hit its mark.

32He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

33The thunder declares his presence; the cattle also, the approaching storm.

33His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.

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