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\c 22
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\p
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\v 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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\q
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\v 2 “Can a man be useful to God?
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\q Can a wise man be useful to him?
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\q
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\v 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous?
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\q Is it gain to him if you make your ways perfect?
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\s5
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\q
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\v 4 Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you
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\q and takes you to judgment?
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\q
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\v 5 Is not your wickedness great?
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\q Is there no end to your iniquities?
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\q
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\v 6 For you have exacted security from your brother for no reason;
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\q you have stripped someone naked of their clothing.
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\q
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\v 7 You have not given water to weary people to drink;
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\q you have withheld bread from hungry people
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\q
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\v 8 although you, a mighty man, possessed the earth,
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\q although you, an honored man, lived in it.
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\q
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\v 9 You have sent widows away empty;
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\q the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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\q
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\v 10 Therefore, snares are all around you,
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\q and sudden fear troubles you.
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\q
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\v 11 There is darkness, so that you cannot see;
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\q an abundance of waters covers you.
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\b
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\s5
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\q
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\v 12 Is not God in the heights of heaven?
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\q Look at the height of the stars, how high they are!
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\q
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\v 13 You say, ‘What does God know?
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\q Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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\q
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\v 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see us;
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\q he walks on the vault of heaven.’
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\s5
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\q
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\v 15 Will you keep the old way
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\q that wicked men have walked—
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\q
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\v 16 those who were snatched away before their time,
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\q those whose foundations have washed away like a river,
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\q
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\v 17 those who said to God, ‘Depart from us';
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\q those who said, 'What can the Almighty do to us?’
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\q
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\v 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things;
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\q the plans of wicked people are far from me.
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\q
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\v 19 Righteous people see their fate and are glad;
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\q innocent people laugh them to scorn.
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\q
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\v 20 They say, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off;
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\q fire has consumed their possessions.’
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\b
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\s5
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\q
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\v 21 Now agree with God and be at peace with him;
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\q in that way, good will come to you.
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\q
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\v 22 Receive, I beg you, instruction from his mouth;
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\q store up his words in your heart.
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\q
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\v 23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up,
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\q if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents.
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\q
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\v 24 Lay your treasure down in the dust,
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\q the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
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\q
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\v 25 and the Almighty will be your treasure,
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\q precious silver to you.
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\q
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\v 26 For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty;
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\q you will lift up your face to God.
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\q
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\v 27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you;
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\q you will pay your vows to him.
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\q
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\v 28 You will also decree anything, and it will be confirmed for you;
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\q light will shine on your ways.
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\s5
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\q
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\v 29 God humbles a proud man,
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\q and he saves the one with lowered eyes.
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\q
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\v 30 He will rescue a man who is innocent;
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\q you will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”
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