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Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.

Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?

I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

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

…and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

And the LORD said to Job:

Then Job answered the LORD:

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”

Then Job replied to the LORD:

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

…who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.