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137 lines
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Eliphaz's Response Continues
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# Chapter 5
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1. "Cry for help, but will anyone answer you?
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Which of the angels will help you?
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2. Surely resentment destroys the fool,
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and jealousy kills the simple.
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3. I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
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but then comes sudden disaster.
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4. Their children are abandoned far from help;
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they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
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5. The hungry devour their harvest,
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even when it is guarded by brambles.
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The thirsty pant after their wealth.
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6. But evil does not spring from the soil,
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and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
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7. People are born for trouble
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as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
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8. "If I were you, I would go to God
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and present my case to him.
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9. He does great things too marvelous to understand.
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He performs countless miracles.
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10. He gives rain for the earth
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and water for the fields.
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11. He gives prosperity to the poor
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and protects those who suffer.
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12. He frustrates the plans of schemers
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so the work of their hands will not succeed.
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13. He traps the wise in their own cleverness
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so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
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14. They find it is dark in the daytime,
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and they grope at noon as if it were night.
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15. He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong,
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and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
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16. And so at last the poor have hope,
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and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
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17. "But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
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Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
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18. For though he wounds, he also bandages.
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He strikes, but his hands also heal.
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19. From six disasters he will rescue you;
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even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
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20. He will save you from death in time of famine,
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from the power of the sword in time of war.
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21. You will be safe from slander
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and have no fear when destruction comes.
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22. You will laugh at destruction and famine;
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wild animals will not terrify you.
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23. You will be at peace with the stones of the field,
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and its wild animals will be at peace with you.
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24. You will know that your home is safe.
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When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
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25. You will have many children;
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your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
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26. You will go to the grave at a ripe old age,
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like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!
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27. "We have studied life and found all this to be true.
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Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself."
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