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22:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,
22:2  “Can a strong man be of use to God, Or a wise one be useful to himself?
22:3  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, Or gain if you make your ways blameless?
22:4  Is it because of your reverence that He punishes you, That He enters into judgment against you?
22:5  Is your wickedness not abundant, And is there no end to your guilty deeds?
22:6  For you have seized pledges from your brothers without cause, And stripped people naked.
22:7  You have given the weary no water to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
22:8  But the earth belongs to the powerful man, And the one who is honorable dwells on it.
22:9  You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of orphans has been crushed.
22:10  Therefore traps surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you,
22:11  Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And a flood of water covers you.
22:12  “Is God not in the height of heaven? Look also at the highest stars, how high they are!
22:13  But you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?
22:14  Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.’
22:15  Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked people have walked,
22:16  Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?
22:17  They said to God, ‘Go away from us!’ And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’
22:18  Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the advice of the wicked is far from me.
22:19  The righteous see and are glad, And the innocent mock them, saying,
22:20  ‘Truly our enemies are eliminated, And fire has consumed their abundance.’
22:21  “Be reconciled with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you.
22:22  Please receive instruction from His mouth, And put His words in your heart.
22:23  If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove injustice far from your tent,
22:24  And put your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
22:25  Then the Almighty will be your gold And abundant silver to you.
22:26  For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.
22:27  You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows.
22:28  You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways.
22:29  When they have brought you low, you will speak with confidence, And He will save the humble person.
22:30  He will rescue one who is not innocent, And he will be rescued due to the cleanness of your hands.”