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God Is Just
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
Eliphaz Continues
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.
And jealousy kills the simple.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.
And I cursed his abode immediately.
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
“His sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
“His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.
As sparks fly upward.
For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;
And I would place my cause before God;
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
Who does great and unsearchable things,
Wonders without number.
Wonders without number.
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
“He gives rain on the earth
And sends water on the fields,
And sends water on the fields,
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.
So that their hands cannot attain success.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
“By day they meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.
And grope at noon as in the night.
They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
“So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
“For He inflicts pain, and gives relief;
He wounds, and His hands also heal.
He wounds, and His hands also heal.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
“From six troubles He will deliver you,
Even in seven evil will not touch you.
Even in seven evil will not touch you.
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and 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 will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
“You will laugh at violence and famine,
And you will not be afraid of wild beasts.
And you will not be afraid of wild beasts.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
And the beasts of the field will 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 will know that your tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
“You will know also that your descendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
“You will come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.
Like the stacking of grain in its season.
Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.