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¹ And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:² Can a man be useful to God? For can a wise man be useful 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 because of your reverence, or enter into judgment with you?

⁵ Is not your wickedness great, and is there no end to your iniquities?⁶ For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and you have stripped the naked of their clothing.⁷ You have not given water to the faint to drink, and you withheld food from the hungry.⁸ And the earth is to him, to the armed man; and the honored one lives in it.⁹ You have sent widows away empty, and have crushed the arms of orphans.¹⁰ On account of this snares are all around you, and suddenly dread troubles you;¹¹ or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.¹² Is not God high in Heaven? Also behold the leading stars, for they are high.¹³ And you say, What does God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?¹⁴ Clouds are a covering for Him, and He does not see; and He walks the circuit of the heavens.

¹⁵ Do you keep to the old way which evil men have trod?¹⁶ They were taken, but there was not time; their foundation was poured out by a flood;¹⁷ who said to God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do to them?¹⁸ Yet He filled their houses with substance; and the counsel of the wicked is far from me.¹⁹ The righteous see it and are glad; and the innocent scornfully laugh;²⁰ truly our adversary is not cut down, and fire has eaten their wealth.

²¹ Now be of service with Him, and be at peace; good shall come to you by them.²² Now receive the Law from His mouth and put His words in your heart.²³ If you return to the Almighty you shall be built up; you shall put injustice far from your tents.²⁴ Then you shall lay gold on the dust, even among the rocks of the torrents of Ophir.²⁵ Yea, the Almighty shall be your gold and silver, a tower to you,²⁶ for then you will delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.²⁷ You shall make your prayer to Him, and He will hear you; and you shall pay your vows.²⁸ You shall also decide a thing, and it will stand for you; and light shall shine on your ways.²⁹ For they have humiliated you ; and you shall say, Pride! And He shall save the lowly of eyes.³⁰ He shall deliver one not innocent and will deliver by the cleanness of your hands.