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| 1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: |
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| 2 To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable |
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| 3 Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways |
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| 4 Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee He entereth with thee into judgment: |
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| 5 Is not thy wickedness abundant And there is no end to thine iniquities. |
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| 6 For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off. |
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| 7 Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread. |
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| 8 As to the man of arm he hath the earth, And the accepted of face he dwelleth in it. |
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| 9 Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised. |
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| 10 Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly. |
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| 11 Or darkness thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee. |
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| 12 Is not God high [in] heaven And see the summit of the stars, That they are high. |
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| 13 And thou hast said, 'What hath God known Through thickness doth He judge |
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| 14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually, |
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| 15 The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden |
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| 16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation. |
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| 17 Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them |
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| 18 And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) |
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| 19 See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them, |
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| 20 'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.' |
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| 21 Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good. |
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| 22 Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart. |
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| 23 If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. |
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| 24 So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering. |
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| 25 And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee. |
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| 26 For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face, |
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| 27 Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest. |
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| 28 And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone. |
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| 29 For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth. |
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| 30 He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands. |
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