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"Behold, God is mighty but does not reject anyone; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

"He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

"He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

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.

"And if they are bound in shackles, And are caught in the snares of misery,

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

Then He declares to them their work And their wrongdoings, that they have been arrogant.

Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

"He opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from injustice.

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

"If they listen and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity, And their years in happiness.

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

"But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword, And die without knowledge.

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.