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36:1  Eliu also proceeded, and said :
36:2  Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf.
36:3  I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.
36:4  For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.
36:5  God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
36:6  But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
36:7  He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.
36:8  And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty :
36:9  He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.
36:10  He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
36:11  If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.
36:12  But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
36:13  Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.
36:14  Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.
36:15  He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.
36:16  Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.
36:17  Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.
36:18  Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
36:19  Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.
36:20  Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.
36:21  Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity : for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.
36:22  Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
36:23  Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou has wrought iniquity?
36:24  Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.
36:25  All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.
36:26  Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable.
36:27  He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods :
36:28  Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
36:29  If he will spread out clouds as his tent,
36:30  And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.
36:31  For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.
36:32  In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.
36:33  He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.