Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him 1 ULT Call out now; is there one answering you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? BSB BSB: “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 ULT For indignation kills the foolish, and resentment kills the one being simple. BSB BSB: For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 ULT I myself have seen the foolish taking root, but right away I cursed his abode. BSB BSB: I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 ULT His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the gate, and{ there is} none rescuing{ them}, BSB BSB: His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 ULT whose harvest the hungry one devours; they even take it from among the thorns, and the thirsty ones pant for their wealth. BSB BSB: The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 ULT For misery does not come out from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. BSB BSB: For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 ULT For man is born to trouble, and sons of the flame soar to fly. BSB BSB: Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 ULT But I myself would seek for God, and to God I would commit my cause, BSB BSB: However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9 ULT the one doing great{ things} and{ there is} no searching, marvelous{ things} until{ there is} no number, BSB BSB: the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 ULT the one giving rain on the face of the earth and sending waters on the face of the fields, BSB BSB: He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 ULT setting the humble on high, and the ones mourning are high in safety, BSB BSB: He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 ULT frustrating the plans of the crafty, and their hands do not accomplish an initiative, BSB BSB: He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 ULT catching the cunning in their craftiness, and the plan of the ones being deceptive is hastened. BSB BSB: He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14 ULT They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at midday as at night. BSB BSB: They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15 ULT But he saves the poor from the sword in their mouths and from the hand of the mighty. BSB BSB: He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 ULT And hope is to the poor, and injustice shuts her mouth. BSB BSB: So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 ULT Behold, blessed is the man God corrects, and the chastening of the Almighty do not despise. BSB BSB: Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 ULT For he injures and binds up, he wounds and his hands heal. BSB BSB: For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 ULT In six troubles he will rescue you, and in seven, harm will not touch you. BSB BSB: He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 ULT In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war, from the hands of the sword. BSB BSB: In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 ULT From the scourge of the tongue you will be hidden, and you will not fear destruction when it comes. BSB BSB: You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22 ULT You will laugh at destruction and at famine, and you will not fear the beast of the earth. BSB BSB: You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 ULT For with the stones of the field{ will be} your covenant, and the beast of the field will be made peaceable to you. BSB BSB: For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 ULT You will know that your tent{ is in} peace; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss{ anything}. BSB BSB: You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25 ULT And you will know that your seed{ will be} great and your offspring, like the grass of the earth. BSB BSB: You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 ULT You will come to the grave in old age, like the lifting of a stack of grain in its time. BSB BSB: You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 ULT Behold this: We have examined it, thus it{ is}; listen to it and know{ it} for yourself.” BSB BSB: Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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