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1 - And Elihu addeth and saith: --

2 - Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God <FI>are<Fi> words.

3 - I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.

4 - For, truly, my words <FI>are<Fi> not false, The perfect in knowledge <FI>is<Fi> with thee.

5 - Lo, God <FI>is<Fi> mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty <FI>in<Fi> power <FI>and<Fi> heart.

6 - He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

7 - He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And <FI>from<Fi> kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

8 - And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

9 - Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,

10 - And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

11 - If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.

12 - And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.

13 - And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

14 - Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.

15 - He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

16 - And also He moved thee from a strait place, <FI>To<Fi> a broad place--no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

17 - And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld--because of fury,

18 - Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

19 - Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

20 - Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

21 - Take heed--do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than <FI>on<Fi> affliction.

22 - Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who <FI>is<Fi> like Him--a teacher?

23 - Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'

24 - Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.

25 - All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.

26 - Lo, God <FI>is<Fi> high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there <FI>is<Fi> no searching.

27 - When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

28 - Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

29 - Yea, doth <FI>any<Fi> understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

30 - Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

31 - For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.

32 - By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

33 - He sheweth by it <FI>to<Fi> his friend substance, Anger against perversity.