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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
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"If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
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Surely you have instructed many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
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Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, And you have strengthened the feeble knees;
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But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled.
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Is not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope?
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"Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?
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Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.
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By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.