The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Triumph of the pious at the fall of the recent followers of the antediluvian sinners. Whilst in the act of denying that God can do them say good or harm, they are cut off by Him. Eliphaz hereby justifies himself and the friends for their conduct to Job: not derision of the wretched, but joy at the vindication of God's ways (Psalms 107:42; Revelation 15:3; Revelation 16:7; Revelation 19:1-2, "Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are His judgments").