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If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had obtained so much;

Because I feared the great multitude And the contempt of families terrified me, And I kept silent and did not go out of doors?

Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned against Job; his anger burned because he justified himself before God.

And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had condemned Job.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.

"Should I wait, because they are not speaking, Because they have stopped and no longer answer?

Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways,

"Shall God repay on your terms, because you have rejected His? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know.

'Oh that Job were tested to the limit, Because he answers like sinners.

"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

"There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil people.

"And now, because He has not avenged His anger, Nor has He acknowledged wrongdoing well,

You whose garments are hot When the land is still because of the south wind?

"Teach us what we are to say to Him; We cannot present our case because of darkness.

"Will you trust him because his strength is great, And leave your labor to him?

Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.

"When he rises up, the mighty are afraid; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

It came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is trustworthy, as My servant Job has.

"Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so as not to do with you as your foolishness deserves, because you have not spoken of Me what is trustworthy, as My servant Job has."