<p class="poetry">By the breath<n id="1" /> of God they perish,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and by the blast<n id="3" /> of his anger they are consumed.p>

<p class="poetry">Thus<n id="1" /> his anger burns against me,p> <p class="poetry">and he considers me among his enemies.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A flood will carry off his house,p> <p class="poetry">rushing waters on the day of God&#8217;s wrath.p>

<p class="poetry">Can anyone catch it by its eyes,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or pierce its nose with a snare?<n id="2" />p>

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry.<n id="1" /> He was angry<n id="2" /> with Job for justifying<n id="3" /> himself rather than God.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">He who removes mountains suddenly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who overturns them in his anger;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">God does not restrain his anger;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">under him the helpers of Rahab<n id="2" /> lie crushed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">for while<n id="1" /> my spirit<n id="2" /> is still in me,p> <p class="poetry">and the breath from God is in my nostrils,p>

<p class="poetry">The godless at heart<n id="1" /> nourish anger,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not cry out even when he binds them.p>

<p class="poetry">Scatter abroad<n id="1" /> the abundance<n id="2" /> of your anger.p> <p class="poetry">Look at every proud man<n id="3" /> and bring him low;p>

<p class="poetry">Can you put a cord through its nose,p> <p class="poetry">or pierce its jaw with a hook?p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;O that<n id="1" /> you would hide me in Sheol,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and conceal me till your anger has passed!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">O that you would set me a time<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and then remember me!<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">His<n id="1" /> anger has torn me<n id="2" /> and persecuted<n id="3" /> me;p> <p class="poetry">he has gnashed at me with his teeth;p> <p class="poetry">my adversary locks<n id="4" /> his eyes on me.p>

<p class="poetry">You who tear yourself<n id="1" /> to pieces in your anger,p> <p class="poetry">will the earth be abandoned<n id="2" /> for your sake?p> <p class="poetry">Or will a rock be moved from its place?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;While he is<n id="1" /> filling his belly,p> <p class="poetry">God<n id="2" /> sends his burning anger<n id="3" /> against him,p> <p class="poetry">and rains down his blows upon him.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;How often<n id="1" /> is the lamp of the wicked extinguished?p> <p class="poetry">How often does their<n id="2" /> misfortune come upon them?p> <p class="poetry">How often does God apportion pain<n id="3" /> to them<n id="4" /> in his anger?p>

With Job&#8217;s<n id="1" /> three friends he was also angry, because they could not find<n id="2" /> an answer, and so declared Job guilty.<n id="3" />

But when Elihu saw<n id="1" /> that the three men had no further reply,<n id="2" /> he became very angry.p>

<p class="poetry">And further,<n id="1" /> when you sayp> <p class="poetry">that his anger does not punish,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and that he does not know transgression!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">After the <sc>Lordsc> had spoken these things to Job, he<n id="1" /> said to Eliphaz the Temanite, &#8220;My anger is stirred up<n id="2" /> against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right,<n id="3" /> as my servant Job has.