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"But you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?

"Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the advice of the wicked is far from me.

"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

When He acts on the left, I cannot see Him; He turns to the right, but I cannot see Him.

"But He knows the way I take; When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold.

"But He is unique, and who can make Him turn? Whatever His soul desires, He does it.

But I am not destroyed by darkness, Nor by deep gloom which covers me.

"Within the walls they produce oil; They tread wine presses but go thirsty.

"But He drags off the mighty by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

"Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?"

He may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.

"He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it no longer exists.

"But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

"But now those who are younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.

"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from my infancy I guided her),

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.

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

"But it is a spirit that is in mankind, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

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