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36:1 icapslihu also proceeded, and said,  
36:2 Suffer mee a little, and I will shewe thee, that I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe. Margin Note
36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afarre, and will ascribe righteousnesse to my Maker.  
36:4 For truely my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge, is with thee.  
36:5 Behold, God is mightie, and despiseth not any: he is mightie in strength and wisedome. Margin Note
36:6 He preserueth not the life of the wicked: but giueth right to the poore. Margin Note
36:7 Hee withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne, yea he doth establish them for euer, and they are exalted.  
36:8 And if they bee bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction:  
36:9 Then hee sheweth them their worke, and their transgressions, that they haue exceeded.  
36:10 He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth that they returne from iniquitie.  
36:11 If they obey and serue him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeeres in pleasures.  
36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. Margin Note
36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heape vp wrath: they crie not when he bindeth them.  
36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the vncleane. Margin Note
36:15 He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eares in oppression. Margin Note
36:16 Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse. Margin Note
36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the iudgement of the wicked: iudgement and iustice take hold on thee. Margin Note
36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransome cannot deliuer thee. Margin Note
36:19 Will he esteeme thy riches? no not gold, nor all the forces of strength.  
36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.  
36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquitie: for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction.  
36:22 Beholde, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?  
36:23 Who hath inioyned him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquitie?  
36:24 Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold.  
36:25 Euery man may see it, man may behold it afarre off.  
36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his yeeres be searched out.  
36:27 For hee maketh small the drops of water: they powre downe raine according to the vapour thereof:  
36:28 Which the clouds doe drop, and distill vpon man aboundantly.  
36:29 Also can any vnderstand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?  
36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea. Margin Note
36:31 For by them iudgeth he the people, he giueth meate in abundance.  
36:32 With clouds he couereth the light, and commaundeth it not to shine, by the cloud that commeth betwixt.  
36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattel also concerning the Uapour. Margin Note