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1Elihu continued speaking:

1Elihu continued:

2“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth. For I have not finished defending God!

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 present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator.

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

4I am telling you nothing but the truth, for I am a man of great knowledge.

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

5“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone! He is mighty in both power and understanding.

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

6He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted.

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

7He never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.

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

8If they are bound in chains and caught up in a web of trouble,

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

9he shows them the reason. He shows them their sins of pride.

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

10He gets their attention and commands that they turn from evil.

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

11“If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives. All their years will be pleasant.

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

12But if they refuse to listen to him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding.

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

13For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help.

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

14They die when they are young, after wasting their lives in immoral living.

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

15But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer. For he gets their attention through adversity.

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

16“God is leading you away from danger, Job, to a place free from distress. He is setting your table with the best 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.

17But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged. Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.

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

18But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth. Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.

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

19Could all your wealth or all your mighty efforts 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 cover of night, for that is when people will be destroyed.

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

21Be on guard! Turn back from evil, for God sent this suffering to keep you from a life of evil. Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power

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

22“Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a teacher like him?

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

23No one can tell him what to do, or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’

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

24Instead, glorify his mighty works, singing songs of praise.

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

25Everyone has seen these things, though only from a distance.

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

26“Look, God is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted.

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

27He draws up the water vapor and then distills it into rain.

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

28The rain pours down from the clouds, and everyone benefits.

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

29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?

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

30See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up the depths of the sea.

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

31By these mighty acts he nourishes the people, giving them food in abundance.

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

32He fills his hands with lightning bolts and hurls each at its target.

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

33The thunder announces his presence; the storm announces his indignant anger.

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

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