| 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? |
| 18 | And he hath filled their houses [with] 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 [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. |
