Noyes - Job - 22

22:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

22:2  Can a man, then, profit God? Behold, the wise man profiteth himself.

22:3  Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous; Or a gain to him, that thou walkest uprightly?

22:4  Will he contend with thee because he feareth thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

22:5  Hath not thy wickedness been great? Have not thine iniquities been numberless?

22:6  For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother unjustly, And stripped the poor of their clothing.

22:7  Thou hast given the weary no water to drink, And withholden bread from the hungry.

22:8  But the man of power, his was the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.

22:9  Thou hast sent widows away empty, And broken the arms of the fatherless.

22:10  Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear confoundeth thee;

22:11  Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover thee.

22:12  Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the stars, how high they are!

22:13  Hence thou sayest, "What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?

22:14  Dark clouds are a veil to him, and he cannot see; And he walketh upon the arch of heaven."

22:15  Wilt thou take the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

22:16  Who were cut down before their time, And whose foundations were swept away by a flood?

22:17  Who said unto God, "Depart from us!" And, "What can the Almighty do to us?"

22:18  And yet he filled their houses with good things!—Far from me be the counsel of the wicked!

22:19  The righteous see their fate, and rejoice; And the innocent hold them in derision.

22:20  "Truly our adversary is destroyed, And fire hath consumed his abundance!"

22:21  Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thus shall prosperity return to thee.

22:22  Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.

22:23  If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; If thou put away iniquity from thy tent.

22:24  Cast to the dust thy gold, And the gold of Ophir to the stones of the brook:

22:25  Then shall the Almighty be thy gold, Yea, treasures of silver unto thee;

22:26  For then shalt thou have delight in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

22:27  Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee, And thou shalt perform thy vows.

22:28  The purpose which thou formest shall prosper with thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways.

22:29  When men are cast down, thou shalt say, "There lifting up!" And the humble person he will save.

22:30  He will deliver even him that is not innocent. The purity of thy hands shall save him.