then eliphaz the temanite answered and said
if we assay to commune with thee wilt thou be grieved but who can withhold himself from speaking
behold thou hast instructed many and thou hast strengthened the weak hands
thy words have upholden him that was falling and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees
but now it is come upon thee and thou faintest it toucheth thee and thou art troubled
is not this thy fear thy confidence thy hope and the uprightness of thy ways
remember i pray thee who ever perished being innocent or where were the righteous cut off
even as i have seen they that plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap
by the blast of god they perish and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed
the roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion and the teeth of the young lions are broken
the old lion perisheth for lack of prey and the stout lions whelps are scattered abroad
now a thing was secretly brought to me and mine ear received a little
in thoughts from the visions of the night when deep sleep falleth on men
fear came upon me and trembling which made all my bones to shake
then a spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood up
it stood still but i could not discern the form thereof an image was before mine eyes there was silence and i heard a voice
shall mortal man be more just than god shall a man be more pure than his maker
behold he put no trust in his servants and his angels he charged with folly
how much less in them that dwell in houses of clay whose foundation is in the dust which are crushed before the moth
they are destroyed from morning to evening they perish for ever without any regarding
doth not their excellency which is in them go away they die even without wisdom