1 ¶ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered saying,

2 Can a man be of any benefit to God, can even a wise man be of any benefit to him?

3 Does the Almighty take pleasure in the fact that you are righteous? or does he gain anything if you make your ways perfect?

4 Is it because of your fear of him that he corrects you, and enters into judgement with you?

5 ¶ Isn’t your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?

6 For you have taken your brothers goods as security for a debt they do not owe, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

8 You are a man of power, owning the land; and a man of reputation living on it.

9 Yet you have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden fear troubles you;

11 Your light is darkened, so you cannot see; and a flood of waters cover you.

12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

14 Thick clouds cover him, so that he cannot see; as he walks in the circuit of heaven.

15 ¶ Are you following the dark way that wicked men have taken?

16 Who were cut down before their time, their foundation was washed away by a flood:

17 Who said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for us?

18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the way the wicked think is far from me.

19 The righteous saw it, and were glad: and the innocent laughed at them scornfully.

20 Surely our opponents are destroyed, and a fire has consumed what they left behind.

21 ¶ Acquaint yourself with God, and be at peace: in that way good will come to you.

22 I urge you to receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you put iniquity far from your dwelling place.

24 Then you will lay gold in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones in the brooks.

25 Yea, the Almighty will be your defense, and you will have plenty of silver.

26 For then you will delight in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.

27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.

28 You will also decide to do something, and it will be established for you: and the light will shine on your path.

29 When men are cast down, then you will say, Here is help; and God will save the humble person.

30 He will even deliver the guilty: he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.