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1 - And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

2 - Hath one tried a word with thee? --Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

3 - Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

4 - The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

5 - But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.

6 - Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope--the perfection of thy ways?

7 - Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

8 - As I have seen--ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

9 - From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

10 - The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

11 - An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

12 - And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

13 - In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

14 - Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.

15 - And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;

16 - It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude <FI>is<Fi> over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

17 - `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

18 - Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

19 - Also--the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation <FI>is<Fi> in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

20 - From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

21 - Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!