And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Can a man [a hero] then profit God?{HR}For, being wise, he profiteth himself.
[Is it] then a pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous,{HR}And gain if thou makest thy ways perfect?
Will he out of fear of thee argue with thee,{HR}Enter into judgment with thee?
Is not thy wickedness great,{HR}And no end of thine iniquities?
For thou distrainedst thy brother without cause,{HR}And didst strip off the clothes of the naked;
To the weary thou gavest no water,{HR}And from the hungry didst withhold bread.
And the man of might — his was the land,{HR}And the accepted of face dwelleth in it.
Widows didst thou send empty away,{HR}And the arms of the fatherless were broken.
Therefore round about thee [are] snares,{HR}And sudden fear overpowereth thee.
Or seest thou not the darkness,{HR}And the flood of waters covering thee?
[Is] not God [Eloah] in the height of the heavens?{HR}And see the top of the stars, how high they are!
And thou sayest, What knoweth God?{HR}Will he judge through the darkness?
Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, and he seeth not,{HR}And he walketh on the circle of the heavens.
Wilt thou keep to the old way{HR}Which men of iniquity trod,
Who were snatched away untimely:{HR}A flood was poured on their foundation;
Who were saying to God, Depart from us,{HR}And what could the Almighty do for them?
And he filled their houses with good!{HR}But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The righteous will see and rejoice,{HR}And the innocent mock at them:
Is not our adversary cut down?{HR}And the fire devoureth their residue.
Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with him, and be at peace;{HR}Thereby shall good come to thee.
Receive, I pray thee, law from his mouth,{HR}And lay up his words in thy heart.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up;{HR}([If] thou put iniquity far away from thy tent),
And put precious ore on the dust,{HR}And that of Ophir as stones of brooks;
And the Almighty shall be thy precious ores,{HR}And silver of toilings to thee.
For then in the Almighty shalt thou delight,{HR}And lift up thy face to God [Eloah].
Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee,{HR}And thou shalt pay thy vows,
And thou shalt decree a thing, and it is established to thee,{HR}And light shall shine on thy ways.
When they are dejected, then shalt thou say, Lift up,{HR}And he will save him of downcast eyes;
He will deliver him that is not guiltless,{HR}And he is rescued by the cleanness of thy hands.