But as for you 

 With eyes so sharp for your own selfish ends, 

 Who by the wayside ask where'er ye go, 

 "Where is the dwelling of the prince? and seek 

 Gain more than godliness, I know full well 

 Your deep contempt for one too poor to bribe 

 Your false allegiance, and the unkind device 

 Ye wrongfully imagine. 

 Will ye teach 

 Knowledge to God? Doth He not wisely judge 

 The highest? and reserve the sons of guilt 

 For the destruction that awaiteth them?" 

 In quick rejoinder, Eliphaz replied, 

 "What is thy fancied goodness in the sight 

 Of the Almighty? Is it gain to Him 

 If thou art righteous? Would it add to Him 

 Gladness or glory, that thy ways should be 

 What thou call'st perfect? 

 Rather turn thine eyes 

 Upon the record of thy sins, and see 

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