Job:22

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* Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said : * Can a man , then , profit God ? Behold , the wise man profiteth himself . * Is it a pleasure to the Almighty , that thou art righteous ; Or a gain to him , that thou walkest uprightly ? * Will he contend with thee because he feareth thee ? Will he enter with thee into judgment ? * Hath not thy wickedness been great ? Have not thine iniquities been numberless ? * For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly , And stripped the poor of their clothing . * Thou hast given the weary no water to drink , And withholden bread from the hungry . * But the man of power , his was the land , And the honorable man dwelt in it . * Thou hast sent widows away empty , And broken the arms of the fatherless . * Therefore snares are round about thee , And sudden fear confoundeth thee ; * Or darkness , through which thou canst not see , And floods of water cover thee . * Is not God in the height of heaven ? And behold the stars , how high they are ! * Hence thou sayest , "What doth God know ? Can he govern behind the thick darkness ? * Dark clouds are a veil to him , and he cannot see ; And he walketh upon the arch of heaven ." * Wilt thou take the old way Which wicked men have trodden , * Who were cut down before their time , And whose foundations were swept away by a flood ? * Who said unto God , "Depart from us !" And , "What can the Almighty do to us ?" * And yet he filled their houses with good things !––Far from me be the counsel of the wicked ! * The righteous see their fate , and rejoice ; And the innocent hold them in derision . * "Truly our adversary is destroyed , And fire hath consumed his abundance !" * Acquaint now thyself with him , and be at peace : Thus shall prosperity return to thee . * Receive , I pray thee , instruction from his mouth , And lay up his words in thy heart . * If thou return to the Almighty , thou shalt be built up ; If thou put away iniquity from thy tent . * Cast to the dust thy gold , And the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brook : * Then shall the Almighty be thy gold , Yea , treasures of silver unto thee ; * For then shalt thou have delight in the Almighty , And shalt lift up thy face unto God . * Thou shalt pray to him , and he shall hear thee , And thou shalt perform thy vows . * The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee , And light shall shine upon thy ways . * When men are cast down , thou shalt say , "There lifting up !" And the humble person he will save . * He will deliver even him that is not innocent . The purity of thy hands shall save him .

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