If someone tries to speak to you, will you become impatient? For who can hold back from speaking? (Job 4:1)

Job Chapters 4 and 5: Eliphaz’s answer, the first accuser: he calls into question Job’s integrity and trustworthiness toward God. According to him, his great misfortune is the obvious indication of the disapproval of God.

“Elʹi·phaz the Teʹman·ite then said in reply:

2 “If someone tries to speak to you, will you become impatient?

For who can hold back from speaking?

3 True, you have corrected many,

And you used to strengthen the weak hands.

4 Your words would raise up anyone stumbling,

And you would strengthen those whose knees were buckling.

5 But now it has happened to you, and you are overwhelmed;

It touches you, and you are dismayed.

6 Does your reverence for God not give you confidence?

Does your way of integrity not give you hope?

7 Remember, please: What innocent person has ever perished?

When have the upright ever been destroyed?

8 What I have seen is that those who plow what is harmful

And those who sow trouble will reap the same.

9 By the breath of God they perish,

And through a blast of his anger they come to an end.

10 The lion roars, and a young lion growls,

But even the teeth of strong lions are broken.

11 A lion perishes for lack of prey,

And the cubs of a lion are scattered.

12 Now a word was brought to me in secret,

And a whisper of it reached my ear.

13 In troubling thoughts during visions of the night,

When deep sleep falls upon men,

14 A terrible trembling came upon me,

Filling all my bones with dread.

15 A spirit passed over my face;

The hair of my flesh bristled.

16 It then stood still,

But I did not recognize its appearance.

A form was in front of my eyes;

There was a calm, and then I heard a voice:

17 ‘Can a mortal man be more righteous than God?

Can a man be cleaner than his own Maker?’

18 Look! He has no faith in his servants,

And he finds fault with his angels.

19 How much more so with those dwelling in houses of clay,

Whose foundation is in the dust,

Who are crushed as easily as a moth!

20 They are completely crushed from morning to evening;

They perish forever, and no one takes notice.

21 Are they not like a tent whose cord is pulled out?

They die without wisdom.

5 “Call, please! Is there anyone answering you?

To which of the holy ones will you turn?

2 For resentment will kill the foolish one,

And envy will put the simpleminded to death.

3 I have seen the foolish one taking root,

But suddenly his dwelling place is cursed.

4 His sons are far from safety,

And they are crushed at the city gate, with no one to save them.

5 The hungry one eats what he harvests,

Taking it even from among the thorns,

And their possessions are ensnared.

6 For harmful things do not sprout from the dust,

And trouble does not spring from the ground.

7 For man is born for trouble,

As surely as sparks fly upward.

8 But I would appeal to God,

And to God I would submit my case,

9 To the One doing great and unsearchable things,

Wonderful things without number.

10 He gives rain to the earth

And sends waters upon the fields.

11 He raises the lowly up high,

And he raises up the dejected one to salvation.

12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty,

So that the work of their hands does not succeed.

13 He catches the wise in their own cunning,

So that the plans of the shrewd are thwarted.

14 They meet with darkness during the day,

And they grope about at midday as if it were night.

15 He saves from the sword of their mouth,

Saving the poor from the hand of the strong,

16 So that there is hope for the lowly,

But the mouth of unrighteousness is shut.

17 Look! Happy is the man whom God reproves;

So do not reject the discipline of the Almighty!

18 For he causes pain, but binds up the wound;

He breaks apart, but heals with his own hands.

19 He will save you from six calamities,

Even the seventh will not harm you.

20 During famine he will redeem you from death,

And from the power of a sword during war.

21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,

And you will not fear devastation when it comes.

22 You will laugh at destruction and hunger,

And you will not fear the wild beasts of the earth.

23 For the stones of the field will not harm you,

And the wild beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

24 You will know that your tent is secure,

And nothing will be missing when you inspect your pasture.

25 You will enjoy many children,

And your descendants will be as plentiful as the vegetation of the earth.

26 You will still be strong when you go to the grave,

Like sheaves of grain gathered in their season.

27 Look! We have investigated this, and it is so.

Listen and accept it”” (Job chapters 4 and 5).

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