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22 : 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
22 : 2 Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise man benefit him?
22 : 3 What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
22 : 4 Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?
22 : 5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?
22 : 6 You demanded security from your brothers for no reason; you stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked.
22 : 7 You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,
22 : 8 though you were a powerful man, owning land-- an honored man, living on it.
22 : 9 And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
22 : 10 That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
22 : 11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
22 : 12 Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!
22 : 13 Yet you say, `What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?
22 : 14 Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.`
22 : 15 Will you keep to the old path that evil men have trod?
22 : 16 They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.
22 : 17 They said to God, `Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?`
22 : 18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
22 : 19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,
22 : 20 `Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.`
22 : 21 Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
22 : 22 Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
22 : 23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent
22 : 24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
22 : 25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
22 : 26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
22 : 27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
22 : 28 What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
22 : 29 When men are brought low and you say, `Lift them up!` then he will save the downcast.
22 : 30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."