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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?
Surely resentment destroys the fool,
and jealousy kills the simple.
and jealousy kills the simple.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
but then comes sudden disaster.
but then comes sudden disaster.
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
But evil does not spring from the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
People are born for trouble
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
“If I were you, I would go to God
and present my case to him.
and present my case to him.
But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.
He performs countless miracles.
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
He gives rain for the earth
and water for the fields.
and water for the fields.
Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
He gives prosperity to the poor
and protects those who suffer.
and protects those who suffer.
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
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 disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
He traps the wise in their own cleverness
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
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.
They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
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.
And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
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.
So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
“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.
Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
For though he wounds, he also bandages.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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.
He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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.
In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
You will be safe from slander
and have no fear when destruction comes.
and have no 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;
wild animals will not terrify you.
wild animals will not terrify you.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
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.
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 home is safe.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
You will have many children;
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
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!
Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.