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  • 1. And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
  • 2. To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
  • 3. Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
  • 4. Because of thy reverence Doth He reason `with' thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
  • 5. Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
  • 6. For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
  • 7. Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
  • 8. As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it.
  • 9. Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
  • 10. Therefore round about thee `are' snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
  • 11. Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
  • 12. Is not God high `in' heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
  • 13. And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
  • 14. Thick clouds `are' a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
  • 15. The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
  • 16. Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
  • 17. Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
  • 18. And he hath filled their houses `with' good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
  • 19. See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
  • 20. `Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
  • 21. Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase `is' good.
  • 22. Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
  • 23. If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
  • 24. So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
  • 25. And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver `is' strength to thee.
  • 26. For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
  • 27. Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
  • 28. And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.
  • 29. For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
  • 30. He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.