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

Then shalt thou 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 to God.

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

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

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

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

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.

Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

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

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Is not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?

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

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

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

Therefore snares are around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!

Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

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

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent deride them.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.

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

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.