Job 34:1-37 - Elihu Asserts God's Justice
1 Then Elihu continued,
and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
as the palate tastes food?
let us decide together what is good.
yet God has deprived me of justice.
My wound
though I am without transgression.”
He drinks derision
and walks with wicked men.
when he becomes God’s friend.”
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It is impossible for God to do wrong,
and for the Almighty to act unjustly.
and He brings his ways on him.
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
Who put Him in charge of the entire world?
and withdrew the spirit
and mankind would return to the dust.
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listen to what I have to say.
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,
and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.
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and He observes all his steps.
where evildoers can hide themselves.
that one should
and sets others in their place.
and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.
He strikes them for their wickedness,
and did not understand any of His ways
and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,
or ensnare the people.
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“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.
if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.
along with the wise men who hear me,
his words are without insight.”
because his answers are like those of wicked men.
he scornfully claps
while multiplying