and despiseth not Though God is mighty He despiseth or dis-daineth not, He gives the weakest his rights as much as the most powerful, for they are all the work of His hand, ch. Job 34:19. The words express Elihu's conception of God, which He opposes to the conception of Job (e.g. ch. 7 and often).

in strength and wisdom Rather, in strength of understanding; lit of heart. It is this perfection of understanding, in which God's greatness consists, that makes it impossible that He should "despise" any. To know life, however mean, is to love it.

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