- Elihu
also proceeded and said:
- "Bear with me a little, and I will
show you that there
are yet words to speak on God's behalf.
- I will fetch my knowledge from
afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
- For truly my words are not false;
one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. (Job 13:7; Job 37:16)
- "Behold, God is mighty, but
despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. (Job 9:4; Job 12:13; Job 37:23)
- He does not preserve the life of
the wicked, but gives justice to the oppressed. (Job 5:15)
- He does not withdraw His eyes from
the righteous; but they are on the throne with kings, for he has seated
them forever, (1 Sam. 2:8;
Ps. 33:18; Ps. 34:15; Ps. 41:12; Ps. 113:8) and they are exalted.
- And if they are bound in fetters,
held in the cords of affliction, (Ps. 107:10)
- Then He tells them their work and
their transgressions - - that they have acted defiantly.
- He also opens their ear to
instruction, (Job 33:16)
and commands that they turn from iniquity.
- If they obey and serve Him, they
shall spend their days in prosperity, (Is. 1:19-20) and their years
in pleasures. (Job 21:13)
- But if they do not obey, they
shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. (Job 4:21)
- "But the hypocrites in heart store
up wrath; (Rom. 2:5)
they do not cry for help when He binds
them.
- They die in youth, (Ps. 55:23) and their life
ends
among the perverted persons.
- He delivers the poor in their
affliction, and opens their ears in oppression. (Job 33:16)
- "Indeed He would have brought you
out of dire distress, into a broad place where there is no
restraint; (Ps. 18:19)
and what is set on your table would be full of richness. (Ps. 23:5; Ps. 36:8)
- But you are filled with the
judgement due the wicked; judgement and justice take hold of you.
(Job 22:5; Job 22:10-11)
- Because there is wrath, beware
lest He take you away with one blow; for a large ransom would not help
you avoid it. (Ps. 49:7)
- Will your riches, (Prov. 11:4)
or all the mighty forces, keep you from distress? (Ps. 49:7)
- Do not desire the night, when
people are cut off in their place.
- Take heed, do not turn to
iniquity,
(Job 36:10; Ps.
31:6; Ps. 66:18)
for you have chosen this rather then affliction.
- "Behold, God is exalted by His
power; who teaches like Him?
- Who has assigned Him His way, or
who has said, 'You have done wrong'?" (Job
8:3; Job 34:10)
- "Remember to magnify His
work, (Rev. 15:3)
of which men have sung.
- Everyone has seen it; man looks on
it from afar.
- "Behold, God is great, and we do
not know Him; nor can the number of His years be discovered. (Heb. 1:12)
- For He draws up drops of
water, (Job 38:28; Ps. 147:8)
which distil as rain from the mist,
- Which the clouds drop down and
pour abundantly on man. (Prov.
3:20)
- Indeed, can anyone understand the
spreading of clouds, the thunder from His canopy? (Job 5:10; Job 37:16)
- Look, He scatters His light upon
it, and covers the depths of the sea. (Job 37:3)
- For by these He judges the
peoples; (Acts 14:17)
He gives food in abundance.
- He covers His hands with
lightning, (Job 37:12; Ps. 147:8)
and commands it to strike.
- His thunder declares it, the
cattle also, concerning the rising storm. (1 Kin. 18:41)
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