Job:22

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* Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said : * Can a man be of use to the Mighty God , as he who is wise may be profitable to himself ? * Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous ? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect ? * Is it because of your reverence that He corrects you , and enters into judgment with you ? * Is not your wickedness great , and your iniquities without end ? * For you have taken a pledge from your brother for no reason , and stripped the naked of their clothing . * You have not given the weary water to drink , and you have withheld bread from the hungry . * But the man of strength possesses the land , and the honorable man dwells in it . * You have sent widows away empty , and crushed the arms of the fatherless . * Therefore snares are all around you , and sudden dread terrifies you ; * or darkness so that you cannot see ; and an abundance of water covers you . * Is not God in the height of the heavens ? And see the highest stars , how lofty they are ! * And you say , What does the Mighty God know ? Can He judge through the deep darkness ? * Thick clouds cover Him , so that He cannot see , and He walks above the circle of the heavens . * Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod , * who were snatched away before their time , whose foundations were poured out by the flood ? * They said to the Mighty God , Depart from us ! What can the Almighty do to them ? * Yet He filled their houses with good things . But the counsel of the wicked is far from me . * The righteous see it and are glad , and the innocent have them in derision : * Surely , are not our adversaries cut down ; and the fire consumes their remnant . * Now be useful to Him , and be at peace ; thereby good shall come to you . * Receive , now , the Law from His mouth , and lay up His Words in your heart . * If you return to the Almighty , you shall be built up ; you shall remove injustice far from your tents . * Then you shall lay up your gold as the dust , and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks . * Yea , the Almighty will be your gold and your esteemed silver ; * for then you shall have your delight in the Almighty , and lift up your face unto God . * You shall make your supplication to Him , He will hear you , and you shall make good your vows . * You shall also decree a thing , and it shall be confirmed for you ; and light shall shine on your ways . * When you have been made low , then you will say in your heart , It was pride . Then He will save the lowly of eyes . * He will deliver one who is not innocent ; yea , he will deliver by the purity of your hands .

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