4In reply, Eliphaz from Teman answered:H464H8489H6030H5592"Will you get offended if somebody tries to talk to you? Who can keep from speaking at a time like this?H5254H1697H3811H3201H6113H44053Look! You've admonished many people, and you've strengthened feeble hands.H3256H7227H2388H7504H30274A word from you has supported those who have stumbled, and has strengthened faltering knees.H4405H6965H3782H553H3766H12905"But now it's your turn, and you're the one who is worn out! Now it's striking you, and you're dismayed!H935H3811H5060H9266"Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn't it? The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn't it?H3374H3690H8615H8537H18707Now please think: Who has ever perished when they're innocent? Where have the upright been destroyed?H2142H6H5355H375H3477H35828It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest!H7200H2790H205H2232H5999H71149They perish by the breath of God; they are consumed by the storm that is his anger.H5397H433H6H7307H639H361510"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.H7581H738H6963H7826H8127H3715H542111Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered.H3918H6H1097H2964H3833H1121H650412"A message was confided to me; my ear caught a whisper of it.H1697H1589H241H3947H810213Disquieting thoughts from dreams at night; when deep sleep falls on everyone.4H5587H2384H3915H8639H5307H58214A fear fell upon me, along with trembling that caused all my bones to shake in terror.H6343H7122H7461H7230H6106H634215A spirit glided past me and made the hair on my skin to bristle.H7307H2498H6440H8185H1320H556816It remained standing, but I couldn't recognize its appearance. A form appeared before my eyes; At first there was silence, and then this voice:H5975H5234H4758H8544H5869H1827H8085H696317'Can a mortal person be more righteous than God? Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?'H582H6663H433H1397H2891H621318"Indeed, since he doesn't trust his servants, since he charges his angels with error,H539H5650H4397H7760H841719how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?H637H7931H1004H2563H3247H6083H1792H6440H621120They are defeated between morning and evening; they perish forever?and no one notices!H3807H1242H6153H6H5331H776021Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?"H3499H5265H4191H2451
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