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“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Eliphaz Continues
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
and jealousy slays the simple.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
I have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
His children are far from safety;
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
but man is born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
as the sparks fly upward.
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
“As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,
and to God would I commit my cause,
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
who does great things and unsearchable,
marvelous things without number:
marvelous things without number:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
he gives rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;
and sends waters on the fields;
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
so that their hands achieve no success.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
They meet with darkness in the daytime
and grope at noonday as in the night.
and grope at noonday as in the night.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
and from the hand of the mighty.
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.
and injustice shuts her mouth.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters, but his hands heal.
he shatters, but his hands heal.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
You shall know that your tent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
You shall know also that your offspring shall be many,
and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age,
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.