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because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,

Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came there, and were confounded.

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.)

You shall be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God, And behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;

Because he has covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat on his loins.

If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' Because the root of the matter is found in me,

"Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.

Shall I wait, because they don't speak, Because they stand still, and answer no more?