1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
2May a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
3Is it anything unto the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy ways upright?
4Is it for fear of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into judgment?
5Is not thy wickedness great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
6For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoiled the clothes of the naked.
7To such as were weary, thou hast not given water to drink, and hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.
8But the mighty man had the earth, and he that was in authority, dwelt in it.
9Thou hast cast out widows empty, and the arms of the fatherless were broken.
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and fear shall suddenly trouble thee.
11Or darkness that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall cover thee.
12Is not God on high in the heaven? and behold the height of the stars how high they are.
13But thou sayest, How should God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14The clouds hide him that he cannot see, and he walketh in the circle of heaven.
15Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherein wicked men have walked?
16Which were cut down before the time, whose foundation was as a river that overflowed:
17Which said unto God, Depart from us, and asked what the Almighty could do for them.
18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but let the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
19The righteous shall see them, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.
20Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath devoured the remnant of them.
21Therefore acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt have prosperity.
22Receive, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and thou shalt put iniquity far from thy tabernacle.
24Thou shalt lay up gold for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flints of the rivers.
25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
26And thou shalt then delight in the Almighty, and lift up thy face unto God.
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt render thy vows.
28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it unto thee, and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
29When others are cast down, then shalt thou say, I am lifted up: and God shall save the humble person.
30The innocent shall deliver the island, and it shall be preserved by the pureness of thine hands.