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Then Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, so his anger burned.

I even carefully considered you;And behold, there was no one who reproved Job,Not one of you who answered his words.

Now he has not arranged his words against me,Nor will I respond to him with your words.

Behold, He finds reasons for opposition against me;He counts me as His enemy.

"Why do you contend against Him?For He does not give an answer for all His doings.

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,And keep man from pride;

He holds back his soul from the pit,And his life from passing over to death by a weapon.

"Man is also reproved with pain on his bed,And with unceasing contention in his bones,

So that his life loathes bread,And his soul favorite food.

His flesh wastes away from sight,And his bones which were not seen stick out.

Then his soul draws near to the pit,And his life to those who bring death.

Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;

Then he will entreat God, and He will accept him,And he will see His face with joyful shouts,And He may restore His righteousness to man.

To bring back his soul from the pit,That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

For He pays a man according to his work,And makes him find it according to his way.

If He should set His heart on it,If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

Who shows no partiality to princesNor recognizes the rich above the poor,For they all are the work of His hands?

"For His eyes are upon the ways of a man,And He sees all his steps.

Because they turned aside from following Him,And had no insight from any of His ways;

So if He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?So if He hides His face, who then can perceive Him?He is above both nation and man altogether,