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| 1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:– |
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| 2 Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself! |
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| 3 Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways? |
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| 4 Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment? |
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| 5 Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, [are not] thine iniquities? |
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| 6 Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off: |
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| 7 No water–to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld bread: |
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| 8 A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein: |
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| 9 Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush. |
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| 10 For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly; |
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| 11 Or darkness–thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee. |
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| 12 Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high. |
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| 13 Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge? |
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| 14 Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk? |
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| 15 The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?
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| 16 Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation? |
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| 17 Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and–What can the Almighty do for himself? |
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| 18 Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me: |
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| 19 The righteous shall see and rejoice, and, the innocent, shall laugh them to scorn: |
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| 20 If our assailants do not vanish, then, their abundance, a fire consumeth! |
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| 21 Shew thyself to be one with him–I pray thee–and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing. |
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| 22 Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth–instruction,–and lay up his sayings in thy heart. |
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| 23 If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent, |
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| 24 Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold: |
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| 25 So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee! |
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| 26 For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up–unto GOD–thy face; |
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| 27 Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay; |
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| 28 And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light; |
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| 29 When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save; |
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| 30 He shall deliver the innocent, and thou shalt escape by the pureness of thy hands. |
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