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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered: |
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"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. |
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Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? |
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Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you? |
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Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities. |
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For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. |
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You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. |
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The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man dwelt in it. |
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You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed. |
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Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden terror overwhelms you; |
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your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. |
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"Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are! |
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Therefore you say, `What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness? |
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Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.' |
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Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod? |
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They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away. |
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They said to God, `Depart from us,' and `What can the Almighty do to us?' |
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Yet he filled their houses with good things -- but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
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The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent laugh them to scorn, |
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saying, `Surely our adversaries are cut off, and what they left the fire has consumed.' |
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"Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. |
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Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. |
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If you return to the Almighty and humble yourself, if you remove unrighteousness far from your tents, |
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if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed, |
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and if the Almighty is your gold, and your precious silver; |
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then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God. |
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You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows. |
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You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. |
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For God abases the proud, but he saves the lowly. |
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He delivers the innocent man; you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." |
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