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from which God protected me? When his lamp shone over my head, I went forth at dawn in the city, and in the public squares my seat was set. For I rescued the poor from the hand of the powerful. May the blessing of those who were perishing come upon me. An eye, he says, I was to the blind, a foot to the lame, and a father to the helpless. I broke the molars of the unjust, and from the midst of their teeth I snatched the prey. As a thirsty land awaits the rain, so they awaited my speech. I encamped like a king among his troops. Sons of fools, and of dishonorable name; but now I am their lyre, and they have me as a byword. And they did not spare to spit in my face. You have considered me as equal to clay, in earth and ashes is my portion. And with a mighty hand you have scourged me. A brother, he says, I have become to Sirens, and a companion to ostriches. If my heart has followed after another man's wife, then let my own wife please another. For the wrath of a man is unrestrainable to defile a wife for them. If I overlooked one perishing naked, and did not clothe him, and if their shoulders were not warmed by the fleece of my lambs, then let my shoulder fall from my shoulder blade. For if I rejoiced at the fall of my enemies, and my heart said, "Well done," then let my ear hear my own curse. If I did not tear it up 56.367 and give it back, taking nothing from a debtor, if the land has groaned against me, instead of wheat let nettles come forth for me. The things concerning Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite; how he was angry with Job, because he declared himself righteous before the Lord. Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: I am younger in years; therefore I was quiet, fearing to declare my knowledge to you. Elihu, rising up, shamelessly speaks against Job, when the three fell silent: I will speak again; for I am full of words. And Elihu said to Job: The divine Spirit is what made me, and the breath of the Almighty is what teaches me. If you are able, give me an answer. To turn a man from injustice. And he spared his soul from death, and that he should not fall in war. And he rebuked him in weakness upon his bed. And he will renew his body, like plaster on a wall, and his bones he will fill with marrow. Then, he says, he will blame himself saying: What things I have done? He has not tested me according to what I have sinned. Elihu spoke further to Job: Give ear, [Job], and hear me; be silent and I will speak. If you have a word, answer me; for I wish you to be justified. Elihu adding a third time says: Hear me, you wise men, who know how to give ear well; for the ear tests words. Elihu said further: What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water? not having sinned, nor been impious? [Far be it from me] and before the Almighty to pervert justice. But he repays a man according to what each of them does. Impious is he who says to a king, You transgress, transgressing. And, Who is not ashamed of a face before me. For the Lord oversees all things, comprehending unsearchable things, both glorious and wonderful, of which there is no number. A wise man has heard my word; but Job did not speak with understanding. Adding a fourth time, Elihu says to Job: What did you consider this in judgment? Who are you, that you said, I am righteous before the Lord? Adding a fifth time to his speech, Elihu, and neither Job nor his three friends pretend he is godless. It is clear then from that time, that the three repented. And he says to Job: Wait for me a little longer, that I may teach you; for there is still speech in me. Elihu said: Give ear to these things, Job. Stand still, consider the power of the Lord. Has a book or one who has written stood by you? or from the north clouds shining like gold? God, appearing, justifies Job, and teaching the mystery of Christ, said to Job: Who is this that hides my counsel, and holds words in his heart? Dialogue of the Lord, that I shut up the sea with doors. And I said to it, Up to this point you shall come, and you shall not go beyond, but in yourself your waves will be tossed. Word of the Lord, that You, taking clay, formed a living creature? Do the gates of death open to you in fear? and did the gatekeepers of Hades, seeing you, cower? Furthermore, have you come to the storehouses of snow, and have you seen the storehouses of hail? And from where does the frost come forth? and who has prepared for the rain

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ὧν με ὁ Θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν; Ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου, ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθριος ἐν πόλει, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος. ∆ιέσωσα γὰρ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς δυνατῶν. Εὐλογία ἀπολλυμένων ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἐπέλθοι. Ὀφθαλμὸς, φησὶν, ἤμην τυφλῶν, ποῦς δὲ χωλῶν, πατὴρ δὲ ἀδυνάτων. Συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων, ἐκ δὲ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξέσπασα. Ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετὸν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν. Κατεσκήνουν ὡς βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις. Ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ, καὶ ἄτιμοι ὄνομα· νυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλλημα ἔχουσιν. Ἀπὸ δὲ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἐφείσαντο πτύελον. Ἥγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ, ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς. Χειρὶ δὲ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας. Ἀδελφὸς, φησὶ, γέγονα Σειρήνων, ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν. Εἰ ἐξηκολούθησε ἡ καρδία μου γυναικὶ ἀνδρὸς ἑτέρου, ἀρέσαι ἄρα καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ἑτέρῳ. Θυμὸς γὰρ ἀνδρὸς ἀκατάσχετος τοῦ μιᾶναι αὐτοῖς γυναῖκα. Εἰ ὑπερεῖδον γυμνὸν ἀπολλύμενον, καὶ οὐκ ἠμφίασα, ἀπὸ δὲ κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν μου οὐκ ἐθερμάνθησαν οἱ ὦμοι αὐτῶν, ἀποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ τῆς κλειδός μου. Εἰ γὰρ ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην πτώματι ἐχθρῶν μου, καὶ εἶπε ἡ καρδία μου, Εὖγε, ἀκοῦσαι ἄρα τὸ οὖς μου τὴν κατάραν μου Εἰ μὴ ῥήξας αὐτὴν 56.367 ἀπέδωκα, οὐθὲν λαβὼν ἀπὸ χρεωφειλέτου, εἰ ἐπ' ἐμοὶ ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξε, ἀντὶ πυροῦ ἐξέλθοι μοι κνίδη. Τὰ περὶ Ἐλιοὺζ τοῦ Βαραχιὴλ τοῦ Βουζίτου· ὡς ὠργίσθη τῷ Ἰὼβ, ὅτι ἀπέφηνεν ἑαυτὸν δίκαιον ἐναντίον Κυρίου. Ὑπολαβὼν Ἐλιοὺζ ὁ τοῦ Βαραχιὴλ ὁ Βουζίτης, εἶπε· Νεώτερός εἰμι τῷ χρόνῳ· διὸ ἡσύχασα, φοβηθεὶς τοῦ ὑμῖν ἀναγγεῖλαι τὴν ἐμὴν ἐπιστήμην. Ἐξαναστὰς Ἐλιοὺζ ἐν ἀναιδείᾳ καταλέγει τοῦ Ἰὼβ, τῶν τριῶν ἀποσιωπησάντων· Πάλιν λαλήσω· πλήρης γάρ εἰμι ῥήματος. Εἶπε δὲ Ἐλιοὺζ πρὸς Ἰώβ· Πνεῦμα θεῖον τὸ ποιῆσάν με, πνοὴ δὲ Παντοκράτορος ἡ διδάσκουσά με. Ἐὰν δύνῃ, δός μοι ἀπόκρισιν. Ἀποστρέψαι ἄνθρωπον ἐξ ἀδικίας. Ἐφείσατο δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ θανάτου, καὶ μὴ πεσεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολέμῳ. Ἤλεγξε δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν μαλακίᾳ ἐπὶ κοίτης. Ἀνανεώσει δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα, ὥσπερ ἀλοιφὴν ἐπὶ τοίχου, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐμπλήσει μυελοῦ. Τότε, φησὶν, ἀπομέμψεται αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ λέγων· Οἷα συνετέλουν; Οὐκ ἄξια ἤτασέ με ὧν ἥμαρτον. Ἔτι ἐλάλησεν Ἐλιοὺζ πρὸς Ἰώβ· Ἐνωτίζου, [ ̓Ιὼβ], καὶ ἄκουέ μου· κώφευσον καὶ λαλήσω. Εἰ ἔστι σοι λόγος, ἀποκρίθητί μοι· θέλω γὰρ δικαιολογηθῆναί σοι. Ἔτι προσθεὶς Ἐλιοὺζ τρίτον λέγει· Ἀκούσατέ μου, σοφοὶ, οἱ ἐπιστάμενοι ἐνωτίσασθαι καλόν· ὅτι οὖς λόγους δοκιμάζει. Ἔτι εἶπεν Ἐλιούζ· Τίς ἀνὴρ ὥσπερ Ἰὼβ, πίνων μυκτηρισμὸν ὥσπερ ὕδωρ; οὐχ ἁμαρτὼν, οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσας; [Μή μοι εἴη] καὶ ἔναντι Παντοκράτορος ταράξαι τὸ δίκαιον. Ἀλλ' ἀποδιδοῖ ἀνθρώπῳ καθὰ ποιεῖ ἕκαστος αὐτῶν. Ἀσεβὴς ὁ λέγων βασιλεῖ, Παρανομεῖς παρανομῶν. Καὶ, Ὃς οὐκ ἐπαισχυνθῇ πρόσωπον ἐναντίον μου. Ὅτι Κύριος πάντα ἐφορᾷ, καταλαμβάνων ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός. Ἀνὴρ σοφὸς ἀκήκοέ μου τὸ ῥῆμα· Ἰὼβ δὲ οὐκ ἐν συνέσει ἐλάλησε. Τέταρτον προσθεὶς Ἐλιοὺζ λέγει πρὸς Ἰώβ· Τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσει; Σὺ τίς εἶ, ὅτι εἶπας, ∆ίκαιός εἰμι ἐναντίον Κυρίου; Τὸ πέμπτον προσθεὶς Ἐλιοὺζ τῷ λόγῳ, καὶ οὔτε Ἰὼβ, οὔτε οἱ τρεῖς φίλοι προσποιοῦνται αὐτὸν ὡς ἄθεον. ∆ῆλον οὖν ἐκ τότε, ὅτι μετενόησαν οἱ τρεῖς. Καὶ λέγει πρὸς Ἰώβ· Μεῖνόν με μικρὸν ἔτι, ἵνα διδάξω σε· ἔτι γὰρ ἐν ἐμοί ἐστι λέγειν. Εἶπεν Ἐλιούζ· Ἐνωτίζου ταῦτα, Ἰώβ. Στῆθι, νουθετοῦ δύναμιν Κυρίου. Μὴ βίβλος ἢ γραμματεύσας σοι παρέστηκε; ἢ ἀπὸ βοῤῥᾶ νέφη χρυσαυγίζοντα; Ἐμφανισθεὶς ὁ Θεὸς δικαιοῖ τὸν Ἰὼβ, καὶ διδάσκων τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἶπε πρὸς Ἰώβ· Τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων μου βουλὴν, συνέχων δὲ ῥήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ; ∆ιάλογος Κυρίου, ὅτι Ἔφραξα θάλασσαν πύλαις. Εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ, Μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ, ἀλλ' ἐν σεαυτῇ διατριβήσονταί σου τὰ κύματα. Λόγος Κυρίου, ὅτι Σὺ λαβὼν πηλὸν, ἔπλασας ζῶον; Ἀνοίγονταί σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου; πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν; Ἔτι, Ἦλθες ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος, θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑώρακας; Πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη; τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασε ὑετῷ