Job 22

22Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:H464H8489H6030H5592"Can a human being be of benefit to God? Can even the wise benefit him?H1397H5532H410H3588H7919H55323What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?H2656H7706H6663H1215H1870H85524"Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?H3198H3374H935H49415Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?H7451H7227H5771H70936You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.H2254H251H2600H6584H6174H8997You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,H4325H5889H8248H4513H3899H74578though you were a powerful man, owning land—an honored man, living on it.H2220H376H776H5375H6440H34279And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.H7971H490H7387H2220H3490H179210That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,H6341H5439H6597H6343H92611why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.H2822H7200H8229H4325H368012"Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!H433H1363H8064H7200H7218H3556H731113Yet you say, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?H559H410H3045H8199H620514Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.'H5645H5643H7200H1980H2329H806415Will you keep to the old path that the wicked have trod?H8104H5769H734H205H4962H186916They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.H7059H6256H3247H3332H510417They said to God, 'Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?'H559H410H5493H7706H646618Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.H4390H1004H2896H6098H7563H736819The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,H6662H7200H8055H5355H393220'Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.'H518H7009H3582H3499H784H39821"Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.H5532H7999H2896H93522Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.H3947H8451H6310H7760H561H382423If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tentH7725H7706H1129H7368H5766H7368H16824and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,H7896H1220H5921H6083H211H6697H515825then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.H7706H1220H8443H370126Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.H6026H7706H5375H6440H43327You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.H6279H8085H7999H508828What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.H1504H562H6965H216H5050H187029When people are brought low and you say, 'Lift them up!' then he will save the downcast.H8213H559H1466H3467H7807H586930He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."H4422H336H5355H4422H1252H3709