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"Because he has covered his face with his fat and has gathered fat upon his loins,

My face is red because of weeping, and deep shadows are on my eyelids,

"You who are tearing yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken because of you? Or will the rock be removed from its place?

be afraid for yourselves because of the sword, for wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment."

Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach, he lets nothing escape that he desires.

Does he reprove you because of your reverence or enter into judgment with you?

He will deliver the guilty, and he will escape because of the cleanness of your hands."

Therefore, I am horrified because of his presence; when I consider, I tremble because of him.

Indeed, I have not been silenced because of darkness, and because of me he conceals thick darkness.

because morning likewise is to them deep darkness; indeed, they know about the terrors of deep darkness.

because I saved the needy who cried for help, and I saved the orphan for whom there was no helper.

because he has loosened his bowstring and humbled me, and they have thrown off restraint in my presence.

if I have seen the one who perishes because of no clothing or that there is no covering for the poor,

if I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw my supporters at the gate,

Indeed, the disaster from God was a dread for me, and I was powerless because of his majesty.

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great or because my hand found a fortune,

because I dreaded the great multitude, and the contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of the doorway?

Then these three men ceased from answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, became angry. He became angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God,

and he became angry at his three friends because they had not found an answer, and they had declared Job guilty.