Job 36:6-26 (KJV)
[6] He preserveth not the life of the wicked:
but giveth right to the poor.
[7] He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:
but with kings are they on the throne; yea,
he doth establish them for ever,
and they are exalted.
[8] And if they be bound in fetters, and be
holden in cords of affliction;
[9] Then he sheweth them their work, and their
transgressions that they have exceeded.
[10] He openeth also their ear to discipline,
and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
[11] If they obey and serve him, they shall
spend their days in prosperity, and their
years in pleasures.
[12] But if they obey not, they shall perish
by the sword, and they shall die
without knowledge.
[13] But the hypocrites in heart heap up
wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
[14] They die in youth, and their life
is among the unclean.
[15] He delivereth the poor in his affliction,
and openeth their ears in oppression.
[16] Even so would he have removed thee out
of the strait into a broad place, where
there is no straitness; and that which
should be set on thy table should be
full of fatness.
[17] But thou hast fulfilled the judgment
of the wicked: judgment and justice
take hold on thee.
[18] Because there is wrath, beware lest
he take thee away with his stroke: then
a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
[19] Will he esteem thy riches? no, not
gold, nor all the forces of strength.
[20] Desire not the night, when people
are cut off in their place.
[21] Take heed, regard not iniquity:
for this hast thou chosen rather
than affliction.
[22] Behold, God exalteth by his power:
who teacheth like him?
[23] Who hath enjoined him his way?
or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
[24] Remember that thou magnify his
work, which men behold.
[25] Every man may see it; man may
behold it afar off.
[26] Behold, God is great, and we know
him not, neither can the number of
his years be searched out.
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