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For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.

and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God;

Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me.

Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.

Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)

He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.

Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man,

For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness:

Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,

For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.

And none said, `Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.