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[1] So Eliphas the Themanite gaue aunswere, and sayde
[2] May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise may be profitable vnto him selfe
[3] Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect
[4] Is he afrayde to reproue thee, and to step foorth with thee into iudgement
[5] Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable
[6] For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing
[7] To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie
[8] But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it
[9] Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken
[10] Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare
[11] Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee
[12] Is not God on high in the heauen? beholde the heyght of the starres how hie they are
[13] Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude
[14] Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen
[15] Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked
[16] Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer
[17] Whiche sayd vnto God, Go from vs: and asked what the almightie coulde do for them
[18] He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me
[19] The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne
[20] Is our substaunce bewen downe? As for the remnaunt of them the fire hath consumed
[21] Therefore reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well
[22] Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart
[23] For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling
[24] Thou shalt lay vp golde [as plentyful] as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers
[25] Yea almightie God his owne selfe shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer
[26] Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God
[27] Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt kepe thy promises
[28] Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establishe it vnto thee, and the light shall shine in thy wayes
[29] When [the wicked] be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person
[30] The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande: it shalbe preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes
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