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¹ Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: - ² Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself!³ Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways?⁴ Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment?

⁵ Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities?⁶ Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:⁷ No water - to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld broad:⁸ A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein:⁹ Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.¹⁰ For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;¹¹ Or darkness - thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.¹² Is not, GOD, in the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.¹³ Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?¹⁴ Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?

¹⁵ The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?¹⁶ Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?¹⁷ Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and - What can the Almighty do for himself?¹⁸ Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:¹⁹ The righteous shall see and rejoice, and, the innocent, shall laugh them to scorn:²⁰ If our assailants do not vanish, then, their abundance, a fire consumeth!

²¹ Shew thyself to be one with him - I pray thee - and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing.²² Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth - instruction, - and lay up his sayings in thy heart.²³ If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,²⁴ Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:²⁵ So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee!²⁶ For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up - unto GOD - thy face;²⁷ Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;²⁸ And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light;²⁹ When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;³⁰ He shall deliver the innocent, and thou shalt escape by the pureness of thy hands.