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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?
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Surely resentment destroys the fool,
and jealousy kills the simple.
and jealousy kills the simple.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
but then comes sudden disaster.
but then comes sudden disaster.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Their children are abandoned far from help;
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
But evil does not spring from the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
People are born for trouble
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
“If I were you, I would go to God
and present my case to him.
and present my case to him.
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.
He performs countless miracles.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
He gives rain for the earth
and water for the fields.
and water for the fields.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
He gives prosperity to the poor
and protects those who suffer.
and protects those who suffer.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He frustrates the plans of schemers
so the work of their hands will not succeed.
so the work of their hands will not succeed.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
He traps the wise in their own cleverness
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
They find it is dark in the daytime,
and they grope at noon as if it were night.
and they grope at noon as if it were night.
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong,
and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
And so at last the poor have hope,
and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
“But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
For though he wounds, he also bandages.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
From six disasters he will rescue you;
even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
He will save you from death in time of famine,
from the power of the sword in time of war.
from the power of the sword in time of war.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
You will be safe from slander
and have no fear when destruction comes.
and have no fear when destruction comes.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
You will laugh at destruction and famine;
wild animals will not terrify you.
wild animals will not terrify 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 will be at peace with the stones of the field,
and its wild animals will be at peace with you.
and its wild animals will be at peace with you.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
You will know that your home is safe.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
You will have many children;
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
You will go to the grave at a ripe old age,
like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!
like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!