Job 22

Then ^aEliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

^2bCan a man be profitable unto God,

As he ^cthat is wise may be profitable unto himself?

³Is it any ^dpleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?

Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

⁴Will he reprove thee for fear of thee?

Will he ^eenter with thee into judgment?

⁵Is not thy wickedness great?

And thine iniquities infinite?

⁶For thou hast ^ftaken a pledge from thy brother for nought,

And stripped the ^gnaked of their clothing.

⁷Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,

And thou ^hhast withholden bread from the hungry.

⁸But as for the mighty man, ⁱhe had the earth;

And the honourable man dwelt in it.

⁹Thou hast ^ksent widows away empty,

And ^lthe arms of ^mthe fatherless have been broken.

¹⁰Therefore ⁿsnares are round about thee,

And sudden fear troubleth thee;

¹¹Or darkness, that thou canst not see;

And ^oabundance of ^pwaters cover thee.

¹²Is not God in ^qthe height of heaven?

And behold the height of the stars, how high they are.

¹³And thou sayest, ^rHow doth God know?

Can he judge through the ^sdark cloud?

^14tThick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not;

And he walketh in the ^ucircuit of heaven.

¹⁵Hast thou ^xmarked the old way

Which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁶Which were ^ycut down ^zout of time,

Whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

^17aWhich said unto God, Depart from us:

And ^bwhat can the Almighty do ^cfor them?

¹⁸Yet he filled their houses with good things:

But ^dthe counsel of the wicked is far from me.

^19eThe righteous see it, and are glad:

And the innocent ^flaugh them to scorn.

²⁰Whereas our substance is not cut down,

But the remnant of them ^gthe fire consumeth.

^21hAcquaint now thyself with him, and ⁱbe at peace:

Thereby good shall come unto thee.

²²Receive, I pray thee, the law from ^jhis mouth,

And lay up his words in thine heart.

^23kIf thou return to the Almighty, ^lthou shalt be built up,

Thou shalt put away ^miniquity far from thy ⁿtabernacles.

²⁴Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,

And the gold of ^oOphir as the stones of the brooks.

²⁵Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence,

And thou shalt have plenty of silver.

²⁶For then shalt thou ^phave thy delight in the Almighty,

And ^qshalt lift up thy face unto God.

²⁷Thou shalt ^rmake thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee,

And thou shalt ^spay thy vows.

²⁸Thou shalt also ^tdecree a thing, and ^uit shall be established unto thee:

And ^xthe light shall shine upon thy ways.

²⁹When men ^yare cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;

And ^zhe shall save the humble person.

³⁰He shall deliver the island of the innocent:

And it is delivered by ^athe pureness of thine hands.

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