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When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

"How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

let God weigh me with honest scales, and He will know my integrity.

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, who burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God.

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

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

I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.

Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

He will pray to God and find favor; he will see His face and shout for joy, and God will restore the righteousness of that man.

Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,

For Job has declared, 'I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.'

Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.