1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, 2 “Can a man be profitable to God? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? 4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, 5 Isn’t your wickedness great? 6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, 7 You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. 9 You have sent widows away empty, 10 Therefore snares are around you. 11 or darkness, so that you can not see, 12 “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? 13 You say, ‘What does God know? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. 15 Will you keep the old way, 16 who were snatched away before their time, 17 who said to God, ‘Depart from us;’ 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, 19 The righteous see it, and are glad. 20 saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. 21 “Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. 22 Please receive instruction from his mouth, 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, 24 Lay your treasure in the dust, 25 The Almighty will be your treasure, 26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, 27 You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. 28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. 29 When they cast down, you shall say, ‘be lifted up.’ 30 He will even deliver him who is not innocent.