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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?<sup>18</sup> And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)<sup>19</sup> See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,<sup>20</sup> `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.