to God. The verse that paves the way for the hymn is equally striking; eight of its nine words begin with the Hebrew letter ʾalep. Having established an appropriate context for Job’s expected repentance, Eliphaz now paints a rosy picture of the state of one who accepts divine correction, as in Proverbs 3:11–12 and Psalm 38 (cf. Heb 12:5–11). The operative word is ʾašre, “happy” (“See, happy is the man whom Eloah instructs; don’t reject Shaddai’s discipline,” v. 17). The divine