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| 1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, |
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| 2 Can a man be profitable to *God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable. |
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| 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect? |
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| 4 Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment? |
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| 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end? |
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| 6 For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked. |
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| 7 Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. |
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| 8 But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it. |
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| 9 Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. |
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| 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; |
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| 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee. |
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| 12 Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they! |
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| 13 And thou sayest, What doth *God know? will he judge through the dark cloud? |
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| 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens. |
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| 15 Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden? |
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| 16 Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood; |
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| 17 Who said unto *God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? |
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| 18 Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
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| 19 The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn: |
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| 20 Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue? |
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| 21 Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. |
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| 22 Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart. |
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| 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents, |
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| 24 And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents, |
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| 25 Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee; |
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| 26 Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God: |
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| 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows; |
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| 28 And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways. |
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| 29 When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes. |
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| 30 Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands. |
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