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"God understands its way, and he knows its place,

"O that I were as in the months before, as in the days when God watched over me,

And what is the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?

let him weigh me in the balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.

then what shall I do when God rises up? And when he enquires, how shall I answer him?

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

this also is an iniquity to be judged, for I have deceived God above.

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,

So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.'

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

Look, before God I am like you; I myself was also formed from clay.

"Look, in this you are not right—I will answer you: Indeed, God is greater than a human being.

Indeed, God speaks in one way, even in two, yet someone does not perceive it.

He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness.

Look, God does all these things twice, three times with a person

for Job has said, ‘I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

Indeed, he says, ‘A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

"Therefore, listen to me, people who have sense: far be it from God that he should commit wickedness and that Shaddai should do wrong.

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

Indeed, he has not yet appointed a time for man to go to God in the judgment.