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Job 22

¹Then Eliphaz the Themanite responded by saying:

²Can man be compared with God, even if he were perfect in knowledge?

³What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate?

⁴Will he reprove you and take you to judgment for being afraid,

⁵and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness?

⁶For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.

⁷You have not given water to the weary; you have taken bread away from the hungry.

⁸By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.

⁹You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.

¹⁰Because of this, you are surrounded by traps, and unexpected fears will disturb you.

¹¹And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the onrush of overflowing waters?

¹²Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?

¹³And you say: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,”

¹⁴and, “The clouds are his hiding-place,” and, “He does not examine us closely,” and, “He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens.”

¹⁵Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned?

¹⁶These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.

¹⁷They said to God, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,

¹⁸though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.

¹⁹The just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock them.

²⁰Has not their haughtiness been cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them?

²¹So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.

²²Accept the law from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.

²³If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.

²⁴He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.

²⁵And the Almighty will be against your enemies, and silver will be gathered together for you.

²⁶Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.

²⁷You will plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows.

²⁸You will decide on something, and it will come to you, and the light will shine in your ways.

²⁹For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved.

³⁰The innocent will be saved, and he will be saved with purity in his hands.

Job 22

¹Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:

²Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

³What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?

⁴Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:

⁵And not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities?

⁶For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.

⁷Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

⁸In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

⁹Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

¹⁰Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.

¹¹And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

¹²Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?

¹³And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

¹⁴The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

¹⁵Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have spurned?

¹⁶Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

¹⁷Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

¹⁸Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.

¹⁹The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

²⁰Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?

²¹Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

²²Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

²³If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.

²⁴He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.

²⁵And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.

²⁶Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

²⁷Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

²⁸Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.

²⁹For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.

³⁰The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.