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(Therefore these days were called Purim, from the word pur .) Because of everything written in this letter and because of what they had seen and what had happened to them,

3�Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.

You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

"My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.

because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist him.

because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside

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

He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.

Because he takes note of their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

because they turned from following him and had no regard for any of his ways.

He does not answer when men cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked.

"Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

Lead me, O LORD , in your righteousness because of my enemies- make straight your way before me.

Turn, O LORD , and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.