36:1

וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַר׃

Elihu also proceeded, and said:

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36:2

כַּתַּר־לִי זְעֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּךָּ כִּי עוֹד לֶאֱלוֹהַּ מִלִּים׃

Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; For there are yet words on God’s behalf.

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36:3

אֶשָּׂא דֵעִי לְמֵרָחוֹק וּלְפֹעֲלִי אֶתֵּן־צֶדֶק׃

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

36:4

כִּי־אָמְנָם לֹא־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּי תְּמִים דֵּעוֹת עִמָּךְ׃

For truly my words are not false; One that is upright in mind is with thee.

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36:5

הֶן־אֵל כַּבִּיר וְלֹא יִמְאָס כַּבִּיר כֹּחַ לֵב׃

Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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36:6

לֹא־יְחַיֶּה רָשָׁע וּמִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיִּים יִתֵּן׃

He preserveth not the life of the wicked; But giveth to the poor their right.

36:7

לֹא־יִגְרַע מִצַּדִּיק עֵינָיו וְאֶת־מְלָכִים לַכִּסֵּא וַיֹּשִׁיבֵם לָנֶצַח וַיִּגְבָּהוּ׃

He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

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36:8

וְאִם־אֲסוּרִים בַּזִּקִּים יִלָּכְדוּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹנִי׃

And if they be bound in fetters, And be holden in cords of affliction;

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36:9

וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם פָּעֳלָם וּפִשְׁעֵיהֶם כִּי יִתְגַּבָּרוּ׃

Then He declareth unto them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

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36:10

וַיִּגֶל אָזְנָם לַמּוּסָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי־יְשֻׁבוּן מֵאָוֶן׃

He openeth also their ear to discipline, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.

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36:11

אִם־יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיַעֲבֹדוּ יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטּוֹב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִים׃

If they hearken and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

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36:12

וְאִם־לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁלַח יַעֲבֹרוּ וְיִגְוְעוּ כִּבְלִי־דָעַת׃

But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

36:13

וְחַנְפֵי־לֵב יָשִׂימוּ אָף לֹא יְשַׁוְּעוּ כִּי אֲסָרָם׃

But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; They cry not for help when He bindeth them.

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36:14

תָּמֹת בַּנֹּעַר נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם בַּקְּדֵשִׁים׃

Their soul perisheth in youth, And their life as that of the depraved.

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36:15

יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי בְעָנְיוֹ וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אָזְנָם׃

He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, And openeth their ear by tribulation.

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36:16

וְאַף הֲסִיתְךָ מִפִּי־צָר רַחַב לֹא־מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנַחַת שֻׁלְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָשֶׁן׃

Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;

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36:17

וְדִין־רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹכוּ׃

And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold on them.

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36:18

כִּי־חֵמָה פֶּן־יְסִיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרָב־כֹּפֶר אַל־יַטֶּךָּ׃

For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

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36:19

הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹחַ׃

Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, Or all the forces of thy strength?

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36:20

אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלוֹת עַמִּים תַּחְתָּם׃

Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.

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36:21

הִשָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־אָוֶן כִּי־עַל־זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹנִי׃

Take heed, regard not iniquity; For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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36:22

הֶן־אֵל יַשְׂגִּיב בְּכֹחוֹ מִי כָמֹהוּ מוֹרֶה׃

Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; Who is a teacher like Him?

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36:23

מִי־פָקַד עָלָיו דַּרְכּוֹ וּמִי־אָמַר פָּעַלְתָּ עַוְלָה׃

Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: ‘Thou hast wrought unrighteousness’?

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36:24

זְכֹר כִּי־תַשְׂגִּיא פָעֳלוֹ אֲשֶׁר שֹׁרְרוּ אֲנָשִׁים׃

Remember that thou magnify His work, Whereof men have sung.

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36:25

כָּל־אָדָם חָזוּ־בוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ יַבִּיט מֵרָחוֹק׃

All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.

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36:26

הֶן־אֵל שַׂגִּיא וְלֹא נֵדָע מִסְפַּר שָׁנָיו וְלֹא־חֵקֶר׃

Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; The number of His years is unsearchable.

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36:27

כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדוֹ׃

For He draweth away the drops of water, Which distil rain from His vapour;

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36:28

אֲשֶׁר־יִזְּלוּ שְׁחָקִים יִרְעֲפוּ עֲלֵי אָדָם רָב׃

Which the skies pour down And drop upon the multitudes of men.

36:29

אַף אִם־יָבִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָב תְּשֻׁאוֹת סֻכָּתוֹ׃

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The crashings of His pavilion?

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36:30

הֵן־פָּרַשׂ עָלָיו אוֹרוֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁי הַיָּם כִּסָּה׃

Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; And He covereth the depths of the sea.

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36:31

כִּי־בָם יָדִין עַמִּים יִתֶּן־אֹכֶל לְמַכְבִּיר׃

For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.

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36:32

עַל־כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה־אוֹר וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ בְמַפְגִּיעַ׃

He covereth His hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

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36:33

יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעוֹ מִקְנֶה אַף עַל־עוֹלֶה׃

The noise thereof telleth concerning it, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.

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