Job:4-5

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* And Eliphaz the Temanite answered : * Shall one try a word with you , you [who ] are weary ? But who can hold back with words ? * Behold , you have instructed many , and you have made the weak hands strong . * Your words have upheld him who was falling , and you have made strong the feeble knees . * But now it has come upon you , and you faint . It touches you , and you are troubled . * [Is ] not your reverence your hope ? Is not your hope the uprightness of your ways ? * Remember , please , who [ever ] perished , being innocent ? Or where were the righteous cut off ? * As I have seen , the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same . * By the blast of God they perish , and by the breath of His nostrils they are destroyed . * The roar of the lion , and the voice of the fierce lion , and the teeth of the young lions , are broken . * The strong lion perishes for lack of prey , and the strong lion 's cubs are scattered abroad . * And a word was secretly brought to me , and my ear received a little of it . * In thoughts from the visions of the night , when deep sleep falls upon men , * fear came upon me , and trembling , which made all my bones shake . * And a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up . * It stood still , but I could not tell the form of it . An image [was ] before my eyes ; silence ; then I heard a voice , * Shall mortal [man ] be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? * Behold , He puts no trust in His servants , and His angels He charges with folly ! * How much less [in ] those who live in houses of clay , whose foundation [is ] in the dust , [who ] are crushed before the moth ? * They are destroyed from morning till evening ; they perish forever without anyone caring . * Is not their tent cord plucked up within them ? They die , but not with wisdom . * Call now , is there anyone who will answer you ? And to which of the saints will you turn ? * For vexation kills the fool , and envy slays the simple one . * I have seen the fool taking root , but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place . * His children are far from safety , and they are crushed in the gate , nor [is there ] any to deliver [them ]. * Their harvest the hungry eats , and takes it even out of the thorns ; and the snare swallows up their wealth . * For affliction does not come forth from the dust , nor does trouble spring up out of the ground ; * but man is born to trouble , as the sparks fly upward . * Truly , I would seek to God , and to God I would put my plea , * [Who is ] doing great things , even beyond searching ; marvelous things without number , * who gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the field , * to set on high those who are low , so that those who mourn may be lifted up [to ] safety ; * frustrating the plans of the crafty , nor did their hands do wisely . * [He ] takes the wise in their own craftiness ; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong . * They meet with darkness in the day time , and grope in the noonday as in the night . * But He saves the poor from the sword , from their mouth , and from the hand of the mighty . * And there is hope for the weak , and injustice shuts her mouth . * Behold , blessed [is ] the man whom God corrects . Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty . * For He makes sore , and binds up ; He wounds , and His hands make whole . * He will deliver you in six troubles ; yea , in seven no evil shall touch you . * In famine He shall redeem you from death ; and in war from the power of the sword . * You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue ; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes . * At destruction and famine you shall laugh ; neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth . * For you [shall be ] in covenant with the stones of the field ; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you . * And you shall know that your tent [is in ] peace ; and you shall visit your fold , and shall miss nothing . * And [you ] shall know that your seed [will be ] numerous , and your offspring as the grass of the earth . * You shall come to [your ] grave in a full age , like a shock of grain comes in its season . * Behold this : we have searched it ; it is so . Hear it and know for yourself . * And Job answered and said ,

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