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		Job 34:1 Elihu continued his discourse and said,
		Job 34:2 "Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who have [so much] knowledge.
		Job 34:3 "For the ear puts words to the test As the palate tastes food.
		Job 34:4 "Let us choose for ourselves that which is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
		Job 34:5 "For Job has said, 'I am righteous [and innocent], But God has taken away my right; [Job 33:9]
		Job 34:6 Although I am right, I am accounted a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
		Job 34:7 "What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision like water,
		Job 34:8 Who goes in company with those who do evil And walks with wicked men?
		Job 34:9 "For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing When he takes delight and is pleased with God and obeys Him.'
		Job 34:10 ¶ "Therefore hear me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God that He would do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong.
		Job 34:11 "For God pays a man according to his work, And He will make every man find [appropriate] compensation according to his way.
		Job 34:12 "Surely God will not act wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
		Job 34:13 "Who put God in charge over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?
		Job 34:14 "If God should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
		Job 34:15 All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust. [Ps 104:29; Eccl 12:7]
		Job 34:16 ¶ "If you now have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words.
		Job 34:17 "Shall one who hates justice [and is an enemy of right] govern? And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty?
		Job 34:18 "God who says to a king, 'You are worthless and vile,' Or to princes and nobles, 'You are wicked and evil'?
		Job 34:19 "Who is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands.
		Job 34:20 "In a moment they die, even at midnight The people are shaken and pass away, And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.
		Job 34:21 ¶ "For God's eyes are on the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps. [Ps 34:15; Prov 5:21; Jer 16:17]
		Job 34:22 "There is no darkness nor deep shadow Where the evildoers may hide themselves.
		Job 34:23 "For He sets no appointed time for a man, That he should appear before Him in judgment.
		Job 34:24 "He breaks mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place. [Dan 2:21]
		Job 34:25 "Therefore He knows of their works, And He overthrows them in the night, So that they are crushed and destroyed.
		Job 34:26 "He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,
		Job 34:27 Because they turned aside from following Him And would not consider or show regard for any of His ways, [1 Sam 15:11]
		Job 34:28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And He heard the cry of the afflicted. [Ex 22:23; James 5:4]
		Job 34:29 "When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him], Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?--
		Job 34:30 So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares for the people.
		Job 34:31 ¶ "For has anyone said to God, 'I have endured my chastisement; I will not offend anymore;
		Job 34:32 Teach me what I do not see [in regard to how I have sinned]; If I have done wrong (injustice, unrighteousness), I will not do it again'?
		Job 34:33 "Shall God's retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it? For you must do the choosing, and not I; Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.
		Job 34:34 "Men of understanding will tell me, Indeed, every wise man who hears me [will agree],
		Job 34:35 'Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom and insight.
		Job 34:36 'Job ought to be tried to the limit Because he answers like wicked men!
		Job 34:37 'For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his [unacknowledged] sin; He claps his hands among us [in open mockery and contempt of God], And he multiplies his words [of accusation] against God.'"

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