LITV - Job - 22

22:1  And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

22:2  Can a man be useful to God? For can a wise man be useful to himself?

22:3  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect?

22:4  Will He reprove you because of your reverence, or enter into judgment with you?

22:5  Is not your wickedness great, and is there no end to your iniquities?

22:6  For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and you have stripped the naked of their clothing.

22:7  You have not given water to the faint to drink, and you withheld food from the hungry.

22:8  And the earth is to him, to the armed man; and the honored one lives in it.

22:9  You have sent widows away empty, and have crushed the arms of orphans.

22:10  On account of this snares are all around you, and suddenly dread troubles you;

22:11  or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.

22:12  Is not God high in Heaven? Also behold the leading stars, for they are high.

22:13  And you say, What does God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?

22:14  Clouds are a covering for Him, and He does not see; and He walks the circuit of the heavens.

22:15  Do you keep to the old way which evil men have trod?

22:16  They were seized, but there was not time; their foundation was poured out by a flood;

22:17  who said to God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do to them?

22:18  Yet He filled their houses with substance; and the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

22:19  The righteous see it and are glad; and the innocent scornfully laugh;

22:20  truly our adversary is not cut down, and fire has eaten their wealth.

22:21  Now be of service with Him, and be at peace; good shall come to you by them.

22:22  Now receive the law from His mouth and put His words in your heart.

22:23  If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up; you shall put injustice far from your tents.

22:24  Then you shall lay gold on the dust, even among the rocks of the torrents of Ophir.

22:25  Yea, the Almighty shall be your gold and silver, a tower to you,

22:26  for then you will delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.

22:27  You shall make your prayer to Him, and He will hear you; and you shall pay your vows.

22:28  You shall also decide a thing, and it will stand for you; and light shall shine on your ways.

22:29  For they have humiliated you ; and you shall say, Pride! And He shall save the lowly of eyes.

22:30  He shall deliver one not innocent and will deliver by the cleanness of your hands.