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Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?

I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.

Then God is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.