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Eliphaz
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?
But who can keep from speaking?
“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?
But who can refrain from speaking?
Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
“Behold you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
And you have strengthened weak hands.
Your words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened faltering knees.
you have strengthened faltering knees.
“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
And you have strengthened feeble knees.
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;
it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
“But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
It touches you, and you are dismayed.
It touches you, and you are dismayed.
Should not your piety be your confidence
and your blameless ways your hope?
and your blameless ways your hope?
“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?
“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
Or where were the upright destroyed?
As I have observed, those who plow evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.
and those who sow trouble reap it.
“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
At the breath of God they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
The lions may roar and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
The lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
“A word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper of it.
my ears caught a whisper of it.
“Now a word was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a whisper of it.
And my ear received a whisper of it.
Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,
when deep sleep falls on people,
“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,
When deep sleep falls on men,
fear and trembling seized me
and made all my bones shake.
and made all my bones shake.
Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.
And made all my bones shake.
A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.
and the hair on my body stood on end.
“Then a spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled up.
The hair of my flesh bristled up.
It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
“It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
If God places no trust in his servants,
if he charges his angels with error,
if he charges his angels with error,
‘He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.
And against His angels He charges error.
how much more those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.
unnoticed, they perish forever.
‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;
Unobserved, they perish forever.
Unobserved, they perish forever.