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They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed.

And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty,

because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist

"Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me.

"Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.

For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride'; but he saves the lowly.

yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face.

because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,

because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—

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

Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.

He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

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

And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?

because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways,

Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.