1<\/sup>Then Eliphaz the Themanite responded by saying:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Can man be compared with God, even if he were perfect in knowledge?<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate?<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Will he reprove you and take you to judgment for being afraid,<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness?<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>You have not given water to the weary; you have taken bread away from the hungry.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Because of this, you are surrounded by traps, and unexpected fears will disturb you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the on-rush of overflowing waters?<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>And you say: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,”<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>and, “The clouds are his hiding-place,” and, “He does not examine us closely,” and, “He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned?<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>They said to God, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>The just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Has not their haughtiness been cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them?<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>Accept the law from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>And the Almighty will be against your enemies, and silver will be gathered together for you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>You will plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>You will decide on something, and it will come to you, and the light will shine in your ways.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>The innocent will be saved, and he will be saved with purity in his hands.<\/span> <\/p>\n