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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 <FI>with<Fi> 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 <FI>are<Fi> 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 <FI>in<Fi> 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 <FI>are<Fi> 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 <FI>with<Fi> 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 <FI>is<Fi> 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 <FI>is<Fi> 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.