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22:1  Eliphaz the Temanite responded:
22:2  Can a man benefit God? Can even a wise man be of any use to him?
22:3  Should the Almighty be delighted if you are righteous? Does he gain any advantage if your ways are blameless?
22:4  Is it because of your reverence that he rebukes you and comes against you in judgment?
22:5  Isn’t your wickedness great? Isn’t your guilt endless?
22:6  You have seized collateral from your brothers without cause, and you have stripped off clothing from the naked.
22:7  You have not given water to the weary, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
22:8  The earth belongs to a forceful man, and a well-respected man dwells in it.
22:9  You send widows away empty-handed. You crush the arms of the fatherless.
22:10  That is why snares are all around you, and sudden fear overwhelms you.
22:11  That is why you cannot see in the darkness, and floodwaters cover you.
22:12  Is not God in the heights of heaven? Look at the highest stars, so high above!
22:13  But you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
22:14  Dark clouds are a veil around him, so he does not see us as he walks back and forth in heaven’s dome.”
22:15  Are you the guardian of the ancient way, the one traveled by wicked men?
22:16  They were snatched away before their time. Their foundation was washed away by a river.
22:17  They said to God, “Keep away from us,” and “What can the Almighty do to us?”
22:18  even though he had filled their houses with good. That is why the way of life of the wicked is far from me.
22:19  The righteous see this and are glad. The innocent mock them, saying,
22:20  “Surely our adversaries have been erased! Fire has eaten up their abundance.”
22:21  Be reconciled with God. Be at peace with him. Then good will come to you.
22:22  Accept teaching from his mouth, and set his words in your heart.
22:23  If you turn to the Almighty, you will be built up. If you want to put injustice far from your tent,
22:24  throw your purest gold into the dust and your gold from Ophir upon the rocks in the ravines.
22:25  Then the Almighty will be your purest gold and your most precious silver.
22:26  Then you will find pleasure in the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.
22:27  You will pray to God, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
22:28  You will decide on a matter, and it will be done for you, and light will shine on your ways.
22:29  When people are brought low, and you say, “Lift them up,” God will save the downcast.
22:30  He will deliver even the person who is not innocent, who will escape by the purity of your hands.