<p class="poetry">As<n id="1" /> a cloud is dispersed and then disappears,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so the one who goes down to the grave<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">does not come up again.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Such is the destiny<n id="1" /> of all who forget God;p> <p class="poetry">the hope of the godless<n id="2" /> perishes,p>

<p class="poetry">Then<n id="1" /> would I speak and not fear him,p> <p class="poetry">but it is not so with me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because<n id="1" /> you have closed their<n id="2" /> minds to understanding,p> <p class="poetry">therefore you will not exalt them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Nothing is left for him to devour;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that is why his prosperity does not last.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">That is why snares surround you,p> <p class="poetry">and why sudden fear terrifies you,p>

<p class="poetry">That is why I am terrified in his presence;p> <p class="poetry">when I consider, I am afraid because of him.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore I despise myself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and I repent in dust and ashes!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">After this Job opened his mouth<n id="2" /> and cursed<n id="3" /> the day he was born.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">Look, we have investigated this, so it is true.p> <p class="poetry">Hear it,<n id="1" /> and apply it for your own<n id="2" /> good.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But because it is heavier<n id="1" /> than the sand<n id="2" /> of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">that is why my words have been wild.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">thus<n id="1" /> I have been made to inherit<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">months of futility,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and nights of sorrow<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">have been appointed<n id="5" /> to me.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Truly,<n id="1" /> I know that this is so.p> <p class="poetry">But how<n id="2" /> can a human<n id="3" /> be just before<n id="4" /> God?<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;It is all one!<n id="1" /> That is why I say,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;He destroys the blameless and the guilty.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">because they have turned away from following him,p> <p class="poetry">and have not understood<n id="1" /> any of his ways,p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I am young,<n id="2" /> but you are elderly;p> <p class="poetry">that is why I was fearful,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and afraid to explain<n id="4" /> to you what I know.p>