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Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him

¹ Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?² For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.³ I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.⁴ His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.⁵ The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

⁶ For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.⁷ Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.⁸ However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him⁹ who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.¹⁰ He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.¹¹ He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.¹² He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.¹³ He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.¹⁴ They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.¹⁵ He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.¹⁶ So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

¹⁷ Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty^(a).¹⁸ For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.¹⁹ He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.²⁰ In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.²¹ You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.²² You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.²³ For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.²⁴ You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.²⁵ You will know that your offspring will be many, and your descendants will be like the grass of the earth.²⁶ You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.²⁷ Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”