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¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: ² But who can withhold himself from speaking? ³ And you have strengthened weak hands. ⁴ And you have strengthened the feeble knees; ⁵ It touches you, and you are troubled. ⁶ And the integrity of your ways your hope? ⁷ Or where were the upright ever cut off? ⁸ And sow trouble reap the same. ⁹ And by the breath of His anger they are consumed. ¹⁰ And the teeth of the young lions are broken. ¹¹ And the cubs of the lioness are scattered. ¹² And my ear received a whisper of it. ¹³ When deep sleep falls on men, ¹⁴ Which made all my bones shake. ¹⁵ The hair on my body stood up. ¹⁶ Then I heard a voice saying: ¹⁷ Can a man be more pure than his Maker? ¹⁸ If He charges His angels with error, ¹⁹ Who are crushed before a moth? ²⁰ They perish forever, with no one regarding. ²¹ They die, even without wisdom.’