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Elihu also proceeded and said:
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"Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God's behalf.
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
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"Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
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He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.
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He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted.
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And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction,
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Then He tells them their work and their transgressions-- That they have acted defiantly.