1113 - Eliphaz Continues his Response to Job
Eliphaz Continues his Response to Job “Cry for help, Job, but will anyone answer you? Which of the angels will help you? Surely, resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple. I have seen, that fools may be successful, for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster. Their children are abandoned, far from help; they are crushed, in court, with no one to defend them. The hungry devour their harvest, even when it is guarded by brambles. The thirsty pant, after their wealth. But, evil does not spring, from the soil, and trouble does not sprout, from the earth. People are born, for trouble, as readily as sparks, fly up from a fire. “If I were you, I would go to God, and present my case to Him. He does great things, too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles. He gives rain, for the earth, and water for the fields. He gives prosperity, to the poor, and protects those, who suffer. He frustrates the plans, of schemers, so the work, of their hands, will not succeed