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If his waist has not thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

"For disaster from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.

"Have the people of my tent not said, 'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat'?

Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned against Job; his anger burned because he justified himself before God.

And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had condemned Job.

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

"I also paid close attention to you; But indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not one of you who answered his words.

"But he has not presented his words against me, Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.

'Behold, He invents criticisms against me; He counts me as His enemy.

"Why do you complain to Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?

He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.

"A person is also rebuked by pain in his bed, And with constant complaint in his bones,

So that his life loathes bread, And his soul, food that he should crave.

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

"Then his soul comes 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 pray to God, and He will accept him, So that he may see His face with joy, And He will restore His righteousness to that person.

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