“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.

One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord.

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

He feels only the pain of his own body
and mourns only for himself.

Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
or fill himself with the hot east wind?

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.
Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

if he did not bless me
while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified himself rather than God.

Look, God shows Himself exalted by His power.
Who is a teacher like Him?