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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
3 [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that you make your ways perfect?
4 Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
5 [Is] not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?
6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore snares [are] round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
11 Or darkness, [that] you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
12 [Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
17 Which said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
21 Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: by it good will come to you.
22 Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, you will put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.
24 Then will you lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25 Yes, the Almighty will be your defence, and you will have plenty of silver.
26 For then will you have your delight in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.
28 You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you: and the light will shine upon your ways.
29 When [men] are cast down, then you will say, [There is] lifting up; and he will save the humble person.
30 He will deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.