1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Can a man be profitable to God,Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?
4 “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,And enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not your wickedness great,And your iniquity without end?
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason,And stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have not given the weary water to drink,And you have withheld bread from the hungry.