By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.

A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.

Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;

God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.

for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

Can you put a cord through its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook?

“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry.

And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!

After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.