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,
reap the same.
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 lion's whelps are
scattered abroad.
Job 4:1-11
