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"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 them.

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 people 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 the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

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

Lead me, Lord , in your righteousness because of my enemies— make your way straight before me.

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

My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.

"Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the Lord . "I will protect them from those who malign them."

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.

The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.

He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.