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For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!'

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

Now in this, you are not right—I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

"For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.

and if God is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,'

He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God's face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

"Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

For Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

For he says, ‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.'

"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.

Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath,

For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

"Has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.