He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
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Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of great use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men.