1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Can a man be profitable to God?Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
4 Is it for your fear of him that he reproves youand enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not your evil abundant?There is no end to your iniquities.
6 For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.