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22:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
22:2  Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
22:3  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
22:4  Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
22:5  Is not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
22:6  For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
22:7  Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
22:8  But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
22:9  Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
22:10  Therefore snares are around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
22:11  Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
22:12  Is not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
22:13  And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
22:14  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
22:15  Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
22:16  Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
22:17  Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!
22:18  Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
22:19  The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
22:20  Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
22:21  Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
22:22  Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
22:23  If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
22:24  Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
22:25  Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
22:26  For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
22:27  Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
22:28  Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
22:29  When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
22:30  He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.