1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
2. “Will you be patient and let me say a word?For who could keep from speaking out?
3. “In the past you have encouraged many people;you have strengthened those who were weak.
4. Your words have supported those who were falling;you encouraged those with shaky knees.
5. But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart.You are terrified when it touches you.