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| [1]And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- |
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| [2]To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable? |
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| [3]Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways? |
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| [4]Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment: |
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| [5]Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities. |
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| [6]For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off. |
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| [7]Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread. |
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| [8]As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it. |
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| [9]Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised. |
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| [10]Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly. |
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| [11]Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee. |
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| [12]Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high. |
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| [13]And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge? |
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| [14]Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually, |
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| [15]The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden? |
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| [16]Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation. |
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| [17]Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them? |
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| [18]And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) |
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| [19]See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them, |
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| [20]`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.' |
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| [21]Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good. |
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| [22]Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart. |
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| [23]If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. |
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| [24]So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering. |
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| [25]And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee. |
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| [26]For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face, |
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| [27]Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest. |
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| [28]And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone. |
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| [29]For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth. |
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| [30]He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands. |
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