Rotherham - Job - 22

22:1  Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:—

22:2  Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself!

22:3  Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways?

22:4  Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment?

22:5  Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, [are not] thine iniquities?

22:6  Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

22:7  No water—to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld bread:

22:8  A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein:

22:9  Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

22:10  For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;

22:11  Or darkness—thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.

22:12  Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.

22:13  Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?

22:14  Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?

22:15  The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?

22:16  Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?

22:17  Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and—What can the Almighty do for himself?

22:18  Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:

22:19  The righteous shall see and rejoice, and, the innocent, shall laugh them to scorn:

22:20  If our assailants do not vanish, then, their abundance, a fire consumeth!

22:21  Shew thyself to be one with him—I pray thee—and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing.

22:22  Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth—instruction,—and lay up his sayings in thy heart.

22:23  If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,

22:24  Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:

22:25  So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee!

22:26  For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up—unto GOD—thy face;

22:27  Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;

22:28  And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light;

22:29  When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;

22:30  He shall deliver the innocent, and thou shalt escape by the pureness of thy hands.