1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
2. “If someone tried to speak with you, would you be upset?I cannot keep from speaking.
3. Think about how many people you have taught.Think about how you have made weak hands strong.
4. Your words have comforted those who fell.And you have given strength to those who could not stand.
5. But now trouble comes to you. And you are discouraged.Trouble hits you, and you are terrified.
6. You should trust in your respect for God.You should have hope because you are innocent.
7. “Think about this now: A person who has not done wrong will not die.Honest people were never destroyed.
8. I have noticed that people who plow eviland plant trouble harvest it.
9. God’s breath destroys them.A blast of his anger kills them.