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4:1  Eliphaz from Teman said:
4:2  Please be patient and listen to what I have to say. *
4:3  Remember how your words
4:4  have guided and encouraged many in need.
4:5  But now you feel discouraged when struck by trouble.
4:6  You respect God and live right, so don't lose hope!
4:7  No truly innocent person has ever died young.
4:8  In my experience, only those who plant seeds of evil harvest trouble,
4:9  and then they are swept away by the angry breath of God.
4:10  They may roar and growl like powerful lions. But when God breaks their teeth,
4:11  they starve, and their children are scattered.
4:12  A secret was told to me in a faint whisper—
4:13  I was overcome by sleep, but disturbed by dreams;
4:14  I trembled with fear,
4:15  and my hair stood on end, as a wind blew past my face.
4:16  It stopped and stood still. Then a form appeared— a shapeless form. And from the silence, I heard a voice say,
4:17  “No humans are innocent in the eyes of God their Creator.
4:18  He finds fault with his servants and even with his angels.
4:19  Humans are formed from clay and are fragile as moths, so what chance do you have?
4:20  Born after daybreak, you die before nightfall and disappear forever.
4:21  Your tent pegs are pulled up, and you leave this life, having gained no wisdom.”