Chapter 22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
For naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing, thou hast not given water
to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth, and the honorable man dwelt in it.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been
broken.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee.
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
And thou sayest, How doth God know?
Can he judge through the dark cloud?
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not, and he walketh in the
circuit of heaven.
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden, which were cut down out
of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood?
Which said unto God, Depart from us, and what can the Almighty do for them?
Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is
far from me.
The righteous see it, and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire
consumeth.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace, thereby good shall come
unto thee.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine
heart.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put
away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the
brooks.
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face
unto God.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay
thy vows.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee,
and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up, and he shall
save the humble person.
He shall deliver the island of the innocent, and it is delivered by the
pureness of thine hands.