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22:1  And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
22:2  Can a man be profitable to �God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
22:3  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?
22:4  Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
22:5  Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
22:6  For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
22:7  Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
22:8  But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
22:9  Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
22:10  Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
22:11  Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
22:12  Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
22:13  And thou sayest, What doth �God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
22:14  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
22:15  Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
22:16  Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
22:17  Who said unto �God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
22:18  Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
22:19  The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
22:20  Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
22:21  Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22:22  Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
22:23  If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
22:24  And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
22:25  Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
22:26  Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:
22:27  Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
22:28  And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
22:29  When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
22:30  Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.