If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tent;

then thou shalt lay up gold as dust and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

He shall deliver the island of the innocent; and in the pureness of thine hands thou shalt be kept.

And the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

When others are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

Make up thy friendship now with him, and thou shalt have peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.

Can a man be profitable unto God? For he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Then Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered and said,

Thick clouds are his hiding place, and he does not see; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.

Is not God in the height of the heavens? Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Dost thou desire to keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?

For thou didst take a pledge from thy brother without cause and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Certainly thy wickedness is great and thine iniquities have no end.

Thou hast sent the widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

And thou shalt say, What does God know? How can he judge through the darkness?

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Therefore, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee

Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood.

Who said unto God, Depart from us; and what can the Almighty do unto us?

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art justified? Or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Thou didst not give water to drink to the weary, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.

Will he reprove thee or will he enter with thee into judgment because he fears thee?

The righteous shall see it and be glad; and the innocent laughs them to scorn.

But the man of means had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

He had filled their houses with good things. Therefore, the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Whereas our substance was not cut down, when the fire had consumed the rest of them.