Ayub 3:5-6

3:5 Let darkness and the deepest

shadow¹ claim it;²

let a cloud settle on it;

let whatever blackens the day³ terrify it!

3:6 That night – let darkness seize⁴ it;

let it not be included⁵ among the days of the year;

let it not enter among the number of the months!⁶

Ayub 3:17

3:17 There⁷ the wicked⁸ cease⁹ from turmoil,¹⁰

and there the weary¹¹ are at rest.

21:2 “Listen carefully¹² to my words;

let this be¹³ the consolation you offer me.¹⁴

Elihu Invites Job’s Attention

33:1 “But now, O Job, listen to my words,

and hear¹⁵ everything I have to say!¹⁶

18:13 The one who gives an answer¹⁷ before he listens¹⁸ –

that is his folly and his shame.¹⁹

Living Out the Message

1:19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters!²⁰ Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.