By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger,

God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.

You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me.

The Possibility of Another Life

“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.

“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?

“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.

And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!

The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

VII. The Epilogue (42:7-17)

Job’s Restoration

After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.