1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2Can a man be profitable unto God,
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?
4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee?
5Is not thy wickedness great?
6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought,
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;
9Thou hast sent widows away empty,
10Therefore snares are round about thee,
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see;
12Is not God in the height of heaven?
13And thou sayest, How doth God know?
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not;
15Hast thou marked the old way
16Which were cut down out of time,
17Which said unto God, Depart from us:
18Yet he filled their houses with good things:
19The righteous see it, and are glad:
20Whereas our substance is not cut down,
21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:
22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,
23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,
24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence,
26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee,
28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee:
29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;
30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: