1Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:— 2Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself! 3Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways? 4Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment? 5 Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, [are not] thine iniquities? 6Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off: 7No water—to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld bread: 8A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein: 9Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush. 10For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly; 11Or darkness—thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee. 12Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high. 13Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge? 14Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk? 15 The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod? 16Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation? 17Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and—What can the Almighty do for himself? 18Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me: 19The righteous shall see and rejoice, and, the innocent, shall laugh them to scorn: 20If our assailants do not vanish, then, their abundance, a fire consumeth! 21 Shew thyself to be one with him—I pray thee—and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing. 22Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth—instruction,—and lay up his sayings in thy heart. 23If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent, 24Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold: 25So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee! 26For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up—unto GOD—thy face; 27Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay; 28And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light; 29When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save; 30He shall deliver the innocent, and thou shalt escape by the pureness of thy hands.