- 1. Elihu also proceeded, and said,
- 2. Suffer mee a little, and I will shewe thee, that I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.
- 3. I will fetch my knowledge from afarre, and will ascribe righteousnesse to my Maker.
- 4. For truely my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge, is with thee.
- 5. Behold, God is mightie, and despiseth not any: he is mightie in strength and wisedome.
- 6. He preserueth not the life of the wicked: but giueth right to the poore.
- 7. Hee withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne, yea he doth establish them for euer, and they are exalted.
- 8. And if they bee bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction:
- 9. Then hee sheweth them their worke, and their transgressions, that they haue exceeded.
- 10. He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth that they returne from iniquitie.
- 11. If they obey and serue him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeeres in pleasures.
- 12. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
- 13. But the hypocrites in heart heape vp wrath: they crie not when he bindeth them.
- 14. They die in youth, and their life is among the vncleane.
- 15. He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eares in oppression.
- 16. Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse.
- 17. But thou hast fulfilled the iudgement of the wicked: iudgement and iustice take hold on thee.
- 18. Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransome cannot deliuer thee.
- 19. Will he esteeme thy riches? no not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
- 20. Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
- 21. Take heed, regard not iniquitie: for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction.
- 22. Beholde, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
- 23. Who hath inioyned him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquitie?
- 24. Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold.
- 25. Euery man may see it, man may behold it afarre off.
- 26. Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his yeeres be searched out.
- 27. For hee maketh small the drops of water: they powre downe raine according to the vapour thereof:
- 28. Which the clouds doe drop, and distill vpon man aboundantly.
- 29. Also can any vnderstand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
- 30. Behold, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.
- 31. For by them iudgeth he the people, he giueth meate in abundance.
- 32. With clouds he couereth the light, and commaundeth it not to shine, by the cloud that commeth betwixt.
- 33. The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattel also concerning the Uapour.
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