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<p class="indent2"> Can even a wise man benefit Him? <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? <p class="indent2"> Does He profit if your ways are blameless? <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you <p class="indent2"> and enters into judgment against you? <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Is not your wickedness great? <p class="indent2"> Are not your iniquities endless? <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers <p class="indent2"> and deprived the naked of their clothing. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You gave no water to the weary <p class="indent2"> and withheld food from the famished, <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>while the land belonged to a mighty man, <p class="indent2"> and a man of honor lived on it. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You sent widows away empty-handed, <p class="indent2"> and the strength of the fatherless was crushed. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore snares surround you, <p class="indent2"> and sudden peril terrifies you; <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>it is so dark you cannot see, <p class="indent2"> and a flood of water covers you. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Is not God as high as the heavens? <p class="indent2"> Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are! <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yet you say: ‘What does God know? <p class="indent2"> Does He judge through thick darkness? <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us <p class="indent2"> as He traverses the vault of heaven.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span>’ <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Will you stay on the ancient path <p class="indent2"> that wicked men have trod? <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They were snatched away before their time, <p class="indent2"> and their foundations were swept away by a flood. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They said to God, ‘Depart from us. <p class="indent2"> What can the Almighty do to us?’ <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But it was He who filled their houses with good things; <p class="indent2"> so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The righteous see it and are glad; <p class="indent2"> the innocent mock them: <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>‘Surely our foes are destroyed, <p class="indent2"> and fire has consumed their excess.’ <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; <p class="indent2"> thereby good will come to you. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Receive instruction from His mouth, <p class="indent2"> and lay up His words in your heart. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. <p class="indent2"> If you remove injustice from your tents <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and consign your gold to the dust <p class="indent2"> and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines, <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>then the Almighty will be your gold <p class="indent2"> and the finest silver for you. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Surely then you will delight in the Almighty <p class="indent2"> and lift up your face to God. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, <p class="indent2"> and you will fulfill your vows. <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Your decisions will be carried out, <p class="indent2"> and light will shine on your ways. <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ <p class="indent2"> then He will save the lowly. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He will deliver even one who is not innocent, <p class="indent2"> rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>heaven’s horizon</i> or <i>the circle of the sky</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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