Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

If you are pure and upright,
Surely now He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous estate.

“But his body pains him,
And he mourns only for himself.”

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
And fill himself with the east wind?

Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.

“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his reward.

“The upright will be appalled at this,
And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.

“Can a vigorous man be of use to God,
Or a wise man be useful to himself?

But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned; against Job his anger burned because he justified himself before God.

“If He should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

“When he raises himself up, the mighty fear;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.