Job 4

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

2“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

3Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

4Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

5But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

6Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

12Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.

13In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.

15Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.

16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

18If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.

21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’

1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

5Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.

6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

7You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.