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Why do you attack a ruined man, one who can do nothing but beg for pity?

I hoped for happiness and light, but trouble and darkness came instead.

Others try to hide their sins, but I have never concealed mine.

if I have eaten the food that grew there but let the farmers that grew it starve—

But a bystander named Elihu could not control his anger any longer, because Job was justifying himself and blaming God. (Elihu was the son of Barakel, a descendant of Buz, and belonged to the clan of Ram.)

But it is the spirit of Almighty God that comes to us and gives us wisdom.

Job was speaking to you, not to me, but I would never answer the way you did.

But God finds excuses for attacking me and treats me like an enemy.

But I tell you, Job, you are wrong. God is greater than any human being.

Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.

But if you have something to say, let me hear it; I would gladly admit you are in the right.

But if not, be quiet and listen to me, and I will teach you how to be wise.

You know good food when you taste it, but not wise words when you hear them.

He asks, "How could I lie and say I am wrong? I am fatally wounded, but I am sinless."

But they don't turn to God, their Creator, who gives them hope in their darkest hours.

They cry for help, but God doesn't answer, for they are proud and evil.

Job, you say you can't see God; but wait patiently—your case is before him.

But if people are bound in chains, suffering for what they have done,

But if not, they will die in ignorance and cross the stream into the world of the dead.

But God teaches people through suffering and uses distress to open their eyes.