Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? Job 15:15Job 15:8-10Job 4:18Isa 41:21-23Eph 1:1Heb 12:1Isa 41:1Deu 33:2-3
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
For resentment kills a fool, Ecc 7:91Sa 18:8-9Gen 30:1Hos 7:11Job 18:4Pro 12:16Psa 107:17Psa 14:1
and envy slays the simple.
I have seen a fool taking root, Psa 73:18-20Psa 92:7Act 1:20Deu 27:15-26Jer 12:1-3Job 24:18Job 27:8Psa 37:35-36
but suddenly his house was cursed.
His sons are far from safety, Psa 127:5Job 18:16-19Psa 119:155Amo 5:12Exo 20:5Job 1:19Job 10:7Job 27:14
crushed in court without a defender.
The hungry consume his harvest, Lam 2:16Hos 8:7Jer 51:44Jer 51:342Ch 33:11Deu 28:33Deu 28:51Isa 62:8
taking it even from the thorns,
and the thirsty pant after his wealth. 1
For distress does not spring from the dust, Isa 45:71Sa 6:9Job 34:29Psa 90:7Amo 3:6Deu 32:27Heb 12:15Hos 10:4
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
Yet man is born to trouble Job 14:1Gen 3:17-19Ecc 5:15-171Co 10:13Ecc 1:8Ecc 2:22Psa 90:8-9
as surely as sparks fly upward.
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God Psa 50:15Job 22:21Psa 37:52Ch 33:12-131Pe 4:191Pe 2:232Ti 1:12Job 22:27
and lay my cause before Him—
the One who does great and unsearchable things, Psa 40:5Job 9:10Psa 72:18Psa 86:10Job 11:7-9Job 37:5Isa 40:28Job 26:5-14
wonders without number.
He gives rain to the earth Act 14:17Jer 5:24Jer 14:22Psa 147:8Psa 65:9-11Amo 4:7Jer 10:13Job 28:26
and sends water upon the fields.
He sets the lowly on high, Psa 113:71Sa 2:7-8Luk 1:52-53Luk 6:21Psa 107:41Deu 33:27Ezk 17:24Jas 4:6-10
so that mourners are lifted to safety.
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, Psa 21:11Psa 33:10-11Isa 8:10Pro 21:30Psa 37:17Act 12:11Isa 37:36Neh 4:15
so that their hands find no success.
He catches the wise in their craftiness, 2 1Co 3:19Psa 9:15-161Co 1:19-20Luk 1:51Psa 7:15-16Est 9:25Psa 18:26Psa 35:7-8
and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
They encounter darkness by day Job 12:25Deu 28:29Isa 59:10Pro 4:19Amo 8:9
and grope at noon as in the night.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth Psa 35:10Psa 140:12Psa 109:31Job 4:10Psa 10:14Psa 10:17Psa 107:41Psa 72:4
and from the clutches of the powerful.
So the poor have hope, Psa 107:421Sa 2:8-9Psa 63:11Exo 11:7Isa 14:32Psa 9:18Rom 3:19Zec 9:12
and injustice shuts its mouth.
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; Jas 1:12Psa 94:12Pro 3:11-12Rev 3:19Jas 5:11Heb 12:5-11Jer 31:18
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 3
For He wounds, but He also binds; Hos 6:1Deu 32:39Isa 30:26Psa 147:31Sa 2:6
He strikes, but His hands also heal.
He will rescue you from six calamities; Psa 34:191Co 10:13Psa 91:3-10Pro 24:162Pe 2:92Co 1:8
no harm will touch you in seven.
In famine He will redeem you from death, Psa 33:19Hos 13:14Gen 45:7Psa 37:191Ki 17:6Pro 10:3Hab 3:17Psa 27:3
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, Psa 31:20Psa 91:5-7Pro 12:18Jer 18:18Psa 55:21Isa 54:17Jas 3:5-8Psa 57:4
and will not fear havoc when it comes.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, Ezk 34:25Isa 35:9Psa 91:13Hos 2:18Isa 65:252Ki 19:21
and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, Lev 26:6Dan 6:22Isa 11:6-9Psa 91:12-13Hos 2:18Ezk 14:15-16Rom 8:38-39
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
You will know that your tent is secure, Psa 121:7-8Psa 91:10Job 8:6Deu 28:6Isa 4:5-6Job 18:21Job 18:6Psa 107:4
and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
You will know that your offspring will be many, Psa 112:2Psa 72:16Deu 28:4Gen 15:5Job 42:13-16Lev 26:9Psa 127:3-5Psa 128:3-6
your descendants like the grass of the earth.
You will come to the grave in full vigor, Job 42:16-17Pro 9:11Psa 91:16Gen 15:15Pro 10:27Gen 25:8
like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! Psa 111:2Pro 9:12Job 32:11-12Deu 10:13Pro 2:3-5Job 12:2Job 15:17Job 15:9-10
So hear it and know for yourself.”