YLT - Job - 22

22:1  And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

22:2  To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

22:3  Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

22:4  Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

22:5  Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.

22:6  For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

22:7  Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

22:8  As to the man of arm--he hath the earth, And the accepted of face--he dwelleth in it.

22:9  Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

22:10  Therefore round about thee are snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.

22:11  Or darkness--thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

22:12  Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

22:13  And thou hast said, `What--hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

22:14  Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

22:15  The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

22:16  Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

22:17  Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

22:18  And he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

22:19  See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

22:20  `Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

22:21  Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase is good.

22:22  Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

22:23  If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

22:24  So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

22:25  And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver is strength to thee.

22:26  For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,

22:27  Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

22:28  And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

22:29  For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

22:30  He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.