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So I thought, “I will die in my own nestand multiply my days as the sand.

if I have rejoiced because my wealth is greator because my own hand has acquired so much,

so that my heart was secretly enticedand I threw them a kiss,

because I greatly feared the crowdsand because the contempt of the clans terrified me,so I grew silent and would not go outside?

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;let God deal with him, not man.”

I must speak so that I can find relief;I must open my lips and respond.

so that he detests bread,and his soul despises his favorite food.

in order to turn him back from the Pit,so he may shine with the light of life.

so that godless men should not ruleor ensnare the people.

Should God repay you on your termswhen you have rejected his?You must choose, not I!So declare what you know.

serve as his sign to all mankind,so that all men may know his work.

so it may seize the edges of the earthand shake the wicked out of it?

so you can lead it back to its border?Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

Don’t you know? You were already born;you have lived so long!

I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?I place my hand over my mouth.

One scale is so close to anotherthat no air can pass between them.

They are joined to one another,so closely connected they cannot be separated.

So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.