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[1] And Elius further continued, and said,
[2] Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.
[3] Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
[4] I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words.
[5] But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
[6] he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
[7] He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but they shall be with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
[8] But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
[9] And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
[10] But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
[11] If they should hear and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.
[12] But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
[13] And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath against themselves; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
[14] Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers of death.
[15] Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
[16] And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:
[17] there is a deep gulf and a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
[18] but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
[19] Let not thy mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
[20] And draw not forth all the mighty men by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
[21] But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou has made choice because of poverty.
[22] Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
[23] And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
[24] Remember that his works are great beyond those which men have attempted.
[25] Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
[26] Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know him: the number of his years is even infinite.
[27] And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
[28] The ancient heavens shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. Yet by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in thy body.
[29] And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, or the measure of his tabernacle;
[30] behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
[31] For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
[32] He has hidden the light in his hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing cloud.
[33] The Lord will declare concerning this to his friend: but there is a portion also for unrighteousness.
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