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“Call if you will, but 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, 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?
Resentment kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple.
and envy slays the simple.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
I myself have seen a fool taking root,
but suddenly his house was cursed.
but suddenly his house was cursed.
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
His children are far from safety,
crushed in court without a defender.
crushed in court without a defender.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
The hungry consume his harvest,
taking it even from among thorns,
and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
taking it even from among thorns,
and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
For hardship does not spring from the soil,
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;
Yet man is born to trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
as surely as sparks fly upward.
For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.
I would lay my cause before him.
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.
miracles that cannot be counted.
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
He provides rain for the earth;
he sends water on the countryside.
he sends water on the countryside.
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
The lowly he sets on high,
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 thwarts the plans of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
so that their hands achieve no success.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
He catches the wise in their craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
Darkness comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.
at noon they grope as in the night.
They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.
and injustice shuts its mouth.
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
For he wounds, but he also binds up;
he injures, but his hands also heal.
he injures, but his hands also heal.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
From six calamities he will rescue you;
in seven no harm will touch you.
in seven no harm will touch you.
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In famine he will deliver you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not fear when destruction comes.
and need not fear when destruction 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 destruction and famine,
and need not fear the wild animals.
and need not fear the wild animals.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
and the wild animals 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;
you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
You will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
and your descendants like 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 sheaves gathered in season.
like sheaves gathered in season.
Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.