22Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:H464H8489H6030H5592Can a man be of [any] use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to Him?H1397H5532H410H3588H7919H55323Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?H2656H7706H6663H1215H1870H85524Does He correct you and take you to court because of your piety?H3198H3374H935H49415Isn't your wickedness abundant and aren't your iniquities endless?H7451H7227H5771H70936For you took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.H2254H251H2600H6584H6174H8997You gave no water to the thirsty and withheld food from the famished,H4325H5889H8248H4513H3899H74578while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.H2220H376H776H5375H6440H34279You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.H7971H490H7387H2220H3490H179210Therefore snares surround you, and sudden dread terrifies you,H6341H5439H6597H6343H92611or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.H2822H7200H8229H4325H368012Isn't God as high as the heavens? And look at the highest stars— how lofty they are!H433H1363H8064H7200H7218H3556H731113Yet you say: "What does God know? Can He judge through thick darkness?H559H410H3045H8199H620514Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see, as He walks on the circle of the sky."H5645H5643H7200H1980H2329H806415Will you continue on the ancient path that wicked men have walked?H8104H5769H734H205H4962H186916They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were washed away by a river.H7059H6256H3247H3332H510417They were the ones who said to God, "Leave us alone!" and "What can the Almighty do to us?"H559H410H5493H7706H646618But it was He who filled their houses with good things. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!H4390H1004H2896H6098H7563H736819The righteous see [this] and rejoice; the innocent mock them, [saying],H6662H7200H8055H5355H393220"Surely our opponents are destroyed, and fire has consumed what they left behind."H518H7009H3582H3499H784H39821Come to terms with God and be at peace; in this way good will come to you.H5532H7999H2896H93522Receive instruction from His mouth, and place His sayings in your heart.H3947H8451H6310H7760H561H382423If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tentH7725H7706H1129H7368H5766H7368H16824and consign your gold to the dust, [the gold of] Ophir to the stones in the wadis,H7896H1220H5921H6083H211H6697H515825the Almighty will be your gold and your finest silver.H7706H1220H8443H370126Then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.H6026H7706H5375H6440H43327You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.H6279H8085H7999H508828When you make a decision, it will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.H1504H562H6965H216H5050H187029When others are humiliated and you say, "Lift [them] up," God will save the humble.H8213H559H1466H3467H7807H586930He will [even] rescue the guilty one, who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.H4422H336H5355H4422H1252H3709