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22:1  Then Eliphaz of Teman answered and said,
22:2  Can a gever be profitable unto El, as he that has seichel may be profitable unto himself?
22:3  Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that thou art tzaddik? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
22:4  Is it for thy yireh [Elohim] that He reproves thee? Will He enter with thee into mishpat?
22:5  Is not thy rah great? And thine avonot infinite?
22:6  For thou hast exacted a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the arummim (naked ones) of their clothing.
22:7  Thou hast not given mayim to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld lechem from the hungry.
22:8  But as for the ish zeroa (mighty man), his is ha’aretz; and the honorable man dwelt therein.
22:9  Thou hast sent almanot away empty, and the arms of the yetomim have been broken.
22:10  Therefore pachim (snares) are around thee, and sudden pachad troubleth thee;
22:11  Or choshech, that thou canst not see; and overflow of mayim cover thee.
22:12  Is not Eloah in the height of Shomayim? And hinei the rosh kokhavim, how high they are!
22:13  And thou sayest, How doth El know? Can He judge through the thick cloud?
22:14  Thick clouds veil Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the vault of Shomayim.
22:15  Wilt thou note the orach olam which wicked men have trodden?
22:16  Who were cut down before their time, whose yesod was overflown with a flood;
22:17  Who said unto El, Depart from us; and what can Shaddai do to them?
22:18  Yet He filled their batim (houses) with tov; but the etza (counsel) of the resha’im is far from me.
22:19  The tzaddikim see it, and are glad, and the naki (innocent) laugh them to scorn.
22:20  Verily our foe is destroyed, and the abundance of them the eish consumeth.
22:21  Acquaint now thyself with Him, and so hast thou shalom; thereby tovah shall come unto thee.
22:22  Receive, now, torah from His mouth, and lay up His words in thine lev.
22:23  If thou return to Shaddai, thou shalt be restored; if thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy ohalim;
22:24  Then shalt thou lay up gold as aphar, and that of Ophir as the tzur of the brooks.
22:25  Yea, Shaddai shall be thy gold, and thy precious kesef.
22:26  For then shalt thou have thy delight in Shaddai, and shalt lift up thy face unto Eloah.
22:27  Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, and thou shalt fulfill thy nederim.
22:28  Thou shalt also decide a matter, and it shall be established unto thee, and the ohr shall shine upon thy ways.
22:29  When they are cast down, thou shalt say, Arise, and He shall save the one with low eynayim (i.e., humility).
22:30  He shall deliver even the guilty; and he is delivered by the bar (cleanness) of thine hands.