The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life, asserting that Elihu, like all humans, is created by God and vivified by divine breath, suggesting that Elihu's right to speak derives from his participation in divine creation. The making by God's Spirit suggests divine origination. The giving of life by Almighty's breath suggests continuing dependence on divine sustenance. The verse establishes that Elihu speaks as one animated by divine life.

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