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1 Then Elip­haz the Te­man­ite an­swered and said, 2 Can a man be prof­itable unto God, as he that is wise may be prof­itable unto him­self? 3 Is it any plea­sure to the Almighty, that thou art righ­teous? or is it gain ­to him, that thou mak­est thy ways per­fect? 4 Will he re­prove thee for fear of thee? will he en­ter with thee into judg­ment? 5 Is not thy wicked­ness great? and thine in­iq­ui­ties in­fi­nite? 6 For thou hast tak­en a pledge from thy broth­er for nought, and stripped the naked of their cloth­ing. 7 Thou hast not giv­en wa­ter to the weary to drink, and thou hast with­hold­en bread from the hun­gry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the hon­ourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent wid­ows away emp­ty, and the arms of the fa­ther­less have been bro­ken. 10 There­fore snares are round about thee, and sud­den fear trou­bleth thee; 11 Or dark­ness, that thou canst not see; and abun­dance of wa­ters cov­er thee. 12 Is not God in the height of heav­en? and be­hold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14 Thick clouds are a cov­er­ing to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the cir­cuit of heav­en. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trod­den? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foun­da­tion was over­flown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, De­part from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their hous­es with good things: but the coun­sel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righ­teous see it, and are glad: and the in­no­cent laugh them to scorn. 20 Where­as our sub­stance is not cut down, but the rem­nant of them the fire con­sumeth. 21 Ac­quaint now thy­self with him, and be at peace: there­by good shall come unto thee. 22 Re­ceive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou re­turn to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away in­iq­ui­ty far from thy taber­na­cles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy de­fence, and thou shalt have plen­ty of sil­ver. 26 For then shalt thou have thy de­light in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also de­cree a thing, and it shall be es­tab­lished unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lift­ing up; and he shall save the hum­ble per­son. 30 He shall de­liv­er the is­land of the in­no­cent: and it is de­liv­ered by the pure­ness of thine hands.