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Then Eliphaz[H464] the Temanite[H8489]answered[H6030] and said[H559],
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Can a man[H1397] be profitable[H5532] unto God[H410], as[H3588] he that is wise[H7919] may be profitable[H5532] unto himself?
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Is it any pleasure[H2656] to the Almighty[H7706], that thou art righteous?[H6663] or is it gain[H1215] to him, that thou makest thy ways[H1870]perfect?[H8552]
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Will he reprove[H3198] thee for fear[H3374] of thee? will he enter[H935] with thee into judgment?[H4941]
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Is not thy wickedness[H7451]great?[H7227] and thine iniquities[H5771]infinite?[H7093]
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For thou hast taken a pledge[H2254] from thy brother[H251] for nought[H2600], and stripped[H6584] the naked[H6174] of their clothing[H899].
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Thou hast not given water[H4325] to the weary[H5889] to drink[H8248], and thou hast withholden[H4513]bread[H3899] from the hungry[H7457].
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But as for the mighty[H2220]man[H376], he had the earth[H776]; and the honourable man[H5375]dwelt[H3427] in it.
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Thou hast sent[H7971]widows[H490] away empty[H7387], and the arms[H2220] of the fatherless[H3490] have been broken[H1792].
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Therefore snares[H6341] are round about[H5439] thee, and sudden[H6597]fear[H6343]troubleth[H926] thee;
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Or darkness[H2822], that thou canst not see[H7200]; and abundance[H8229] of waters[H4325]cover[H3680] thee.
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Is not God[H433] in the height[H1363] of heaven?[H8064] and behold[H7200] the height[H7218] of the stars[H3556], how high[H7311] they are!
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And thou sayest[H559], How doth God[H410]know?[H3045] can he judge[H8199] through the dark cloud?[H6205]
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Thick clouds[H5645] are a covering[H5643] to him, that he seeth[H7200] not; and he walketh[H1980] in the circuit[H2329] of heaven[H8064].
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Hast thou marked[H8104] the old[H5769]way[H734] which wicked[H205]men[H4962] have trodden?[H1869]
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Which were cut down[H7059] out of time[H6256], whose foundation[H3247] was overflown[H3332] with a flood[H5104]:
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Which said[H559] unto God[H410], Depart[H5493] from us: and what can the Almighty[H7706]do[H6466] for them?
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Yet he filled[H4390] their houses[H1004] with good[H2896] things: but the counsel[H6098] of the wicked[H7563] is far[H7368] from me.
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The righteous[H6662]see[H7200] it, and are glad[H8055]: and the innocent[H5355] laugh them to scorn[H3932].
20Whereas[H518] our substance[H7009] is not cut down[H3582], but the remnant[H3499] of them the fire[H784]consumeth[H398].
21Acquaint[H5532] now thyself with him, and be at peace[H7999]: thereby good[H2896] shall come[H935] unto thee.
22Receive[H3947], I pray thee, the law[H8451] from his mouth[H6310], and lay up[H7760] his words[H561] in thine heart[H3824].
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If thou return[H7725] to the Almighty[H7706], thou shalt be built up[H1129], thou shalt put away[H7368]iniquity[H5766]far[H7368] from thy tabernacles[H168].
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Then shalt thou lay up[H7896]gold[H1220]as[H5921]dust[H6083], and the gold[H1220] of Ophir[H211]as[H5921] the stones[H6697] of the brooks[H5158].
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Yea, the Almighty[H7706] shall be thy defence[H1220], and thou shalt have plenty[H8443] of silver[H3701].
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For then shalt thou have thy delight[H6026] in the Almighty[H7706], and shalt lift up[H5375] thy face[H6440] unto God[H433].
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Thou shalt make thy prayer[H6279] unto him, and he shall hear[H8085] thee, and thou shalt pay[H7999] thy vows[H5088].
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Thou shalt also decree[H1504] a thing[H562], and it shall be established[H6965] unto thee: and the light[H216] shall shine[H5050] upon thy ways[H1870].
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When men are cast down[H8213], then thou shalt say[H559], There is lifting up[H1466]; and he shall save[H3467] the humble[H7807]person[H5869].
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He shall deliver[H4422] the island[H336] of the innocent[H5355]: and it is delivered[H4422] by the pureness[H1252] of thine hands[H3709].