But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.
Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?
“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.
He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
“But you have said in my hearing— I heard the very words—
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,