Then Eliphaz{H464} the Temanite{H8489} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)},

Can a man{H1397} be profitable{H5532}{(H8799)} unto God{H410}, as{H3588} he that is wise{H7919}{(H8688)} may be profitable{H5532}{(H8799)} unto himself?

Is it any pleasure{H2656} to the Almighty{H7706}, that thou art righteous{H6663}{(H8799)}? or is it gain{H1215} to him, that thou makest thy ways{H1870} perfect{H8552}{(H8686)}?

Will he reprove{H3198}{(H8686)} thee for fear{H3374} of thee? will he enter{H935}{(H8799)} with thee into judgment{H4941}?

Is not thy wickedness{H7451} great{H7227}? and thine iniquities{H5771} infinite{H7093}?

For thou hast taken a pledge{H2254}{(H8799)} from thy brother{H251} for nought{H2600}, and stripped{H6584}{(H8686)} the naked{H6174} of their clothing{H899}.

Thou hast not given water{H4325} to the weary{H5889} to drink{H8248}{(H8686)}, and thou hast withholden{H4513}{(H8799)} bread{H3899} from the hungry{H7457}.

But as for the mighty{H2220} man{H376}, he had the earth{H776}; and the honourable man{H5375}{(H8803)}{H6440} dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in it.

Thou hast sent{H7971}{(H8765)} widows{H490} away empty{H7387}, and the arms{H2220} of the fatherless{H3490} have been broken{H1792}{(H8792)}.

Therefore snares{H6341} are round about{H5439} thee, and sudden{H6597} fear{H6343} troubleth{H926}{(H8762)} thee;

Or darkness{H2822}, that thou canst not see{H7200}{(H8799)}; and abundance{H8229} of waters{H4325} cover{H3680}{(H8762)} thee.

Is not God{H433} in the height{H1363} of heaven{H8064}? and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} the height{H7218} of the stars{H3556}, how high{H7311}{(H8804)} they are!

And thou sayest{H559}{(H8804)}, How doth God{H410} know{H3045}{(H8804)}? can he judge{H8199}{(H8799)} through the dark cloud{H6205}?

Thick clouds{H5645} are a covering{H5643} to him, that he seeth{H7200}{(H8799)} not; and he walketh{H1980}{(H8691)} in the circuit{H2329} of heaven{H8064}.

Hast thou marked{H8104}{(H8799)} the old{H5769} way{H734} which wicked{H205} men{H4962} have trodden{H1869}{(H8804)}?

Which were cut down{H7059}{(H8795)} out of time{H6256}, whose foundation{H3247} was overflown{H3332}{(H8714)} with a flood{H5104}:

Which said{H559}{(H8802)} unto God{H410}, Depart{H5493}{(H8798)} from us: and what can the Almighty{H7706} do{H6466}{(H8799)} for them?

Yet he filled{H4390}{(H8765)} their houses{H1004} with good{H2896} things: but the counsel{H6098} of the wicked{H7563} is far{H7368}{(H8804)} from me.

The righteous{H6662} see{H7200}{(H8799)} it, and are glad{H8055}{(H8799)}: and the innocent{H5355} laugh them to scorn{H3932}{(H8799)}.

Whereas{H518} our substance{H7009} is not cut down{H3582}{(H8738)}, but the remnant{H3499} of them the fire{H784} consumeth{H398}{(H8804)}.

Acquaint{H5532}{(H8685)} now thyself with him, and be at peace{H7999}{(H8798)}: thereby good{H2896} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} unto thee.

Receive{H3947}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, the law{H8451} from his mouth{H6310}, and lay up{H7760}{(H8798)} his words{H561} in thine heart{H3824}.

If thou return{H7725}{(H8799)} to the Almighty{H7706}, thou shalt be built up{H1129}{(H8735)}, thou shalt put away{H7368} iniquity{H5766} far{H7368}{(H8686)} from thy tabernacles{H168}.

Then shalt thou lay up{H7896}{(H8800)} gold{H1220} as{H5921} dust{H6083}, and the gold of Ophir{H211} as the stones{H6697} of the brooks{H5158}.

Yea, the Almighty{H7706} shall be thy defence{H1220}, and thou shalt have plenty{H8443} of silver{H3701}.

For then shalt thou have thy delight{H6026}{(H8691)} in the Almighty{H7706}, and shalt lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} thy face{H6440} unto God{H433}.

Thou shalt make thy prayer{H6279}{(H8686)} unto him, and he shall hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thee, and thou shalt pay{H7999}{(H8762)} thy vows{H5088}.

Thou shalt also decree{H1504}{(H8799)} a thing{H562}, and it shall be established{H6965}{(H8799)} unto thee: and the light{H216} shall shine{H5050}{(H8804)} upon thy ways{H1870}.

When men are cast down{H8213}{(H8689)}, then thou shalt say{H559}{(H8799)}, There is lifting up{H1466}; and he shall save{H3467}{(H8686)} the humble{H7807} person{H5869}.

He shall deliver{H4422}{(H8762)} the island{H336} of the innocent{H5355}: and it is delivered{H4422}{(H8738)} by the pureness{H1252} of thine hands{H3709}.