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name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?</p><p class="poem">Does he profit if you perfect your behavior?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Does he correct you and take you to court</p><p class="poem">because of your piety?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Isn’t your wickedness abundant</p><p class="poem">and aren’t your iniquities endless?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For you took collateral<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> from your brothers without cause,</p><p class="poem">stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You gave no water to the thirsty</p><p class="poem">and withheld food from the famished,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>while the land belonged to a powerful man</p><p class="poem">and an influential man lived on it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You sent widows away empty-handed,</p><p class="poem">and the strength of the fatherless<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> was<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.22.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> crushed.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore snares surround you,</p><p class="poem">and sudden dread terrifies<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>or darkness, so you cannot see,</p><p class="poem">and a flood of water covers you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Isn’t God as high as the heavens?</p><p class="poem">And look at the highest stars — how lofty they are!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yet you say, “What does God know?</p><p class="poem">Can he judge through total darkness?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Clouds<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> veil him so that he cannot see,</p><p class="poem">as he walks on the circle of the sky.”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Will you continue on the ancient path</p><p class="poem">that wicked men have walked?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They were snatched away before their time,</p><p class="poem">and their foundations<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> were washed away by a river.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone! ”</p><p class="poem">and “What can the Almighty do to us? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.22.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.18" /> <A name="19"></a><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><p class="poem">The counsel of the wicked is far from me!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The righteous see this and rejoice;</p><p class="poem">the innocent mock them, saying,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Surely our opponents are destroyed,</p><p class="poem">and fire has consumed what they left behind.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Come to terms with God and be at peace;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">in this way<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.22.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> good will come to you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Receive instruction from his mouth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and place his sayings<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> in your heart.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If you return<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to the Almighty, you will be renewed.</p><p class="poem">If you banish injustice from your tent</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and consign your gold to the dust,</p><p class="poem">the gold of Ophir<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to the stones in the wadis,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>the Almighty will be your gold</p><p class="poem">and your finest silver.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then you will delight<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in the Almighty</p><p class="poem">and lift up your face to God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>You will pray to him, and he will hear you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and you will fulfill your vows.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When you make a decision, it will be carried out,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.22.28.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and light will shine on your ways.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When others are humiliated and you say, “Lift them up,”</p><p class="poem">God will save the humble.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.22.29.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.22.30" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He will even rescue the guilty one,</p><p class="poem">who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.22.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.22" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.22.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.9">22:9</a></span> LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read <span class="italic">you have</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.22.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.17">22:17</a></span> LXX, Syr; MT reads <span class="italic">them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.22.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.21">22:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">peace; by them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.22.28.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.28">22:28</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">out for you</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.22.29.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.29">22:29</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">bowed of eyes</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.22" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.22.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.2">22:2-3</a></span> Jb 35:7; Ps 16:2; Lk 17:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.4">22:4</a></span> Jb 14:3; Ps 143:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.6">22:6</a></span> Ex 22:26; Dt 24:6,17; Ezk 18:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.7">22:7</a></span> Jb 31:17; Is 58:7; Mt 25:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.9">22:9</a></span> Jb 24:3; Is 10:2; Ezk 22:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.10">22:10</a></span> Jb 3:25; 23:15; 31:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.11">22:11</a></span> Jb 38:34; Ps 69:1–2; Lm 3:54</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.13">22:13</a></span> Ps 73:11; Is 29:15; Ezk 8:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.14">22:14</a></span> 2Sm 22:12; Jb 26:8; 37:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.16">22:16</a></span> Jb 4:19; Lm 4:11; Ezk 30:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.17">22:17</a></span> Jb 21:14; Ps 95:10; 107:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.19">22:19</a></span> Ps 52:6; 58:10; Pr 1:26–27</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.20">22:20</a></span> Jb 1:16; 4:9; 15:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.21">22:21</a></span> Ps 119:165; Pr 3:2; Is 27:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.22">22:22</a></span> Dt 8:3; Pr 2:6; Mal 2:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.22">22:22</a></span> Jb 6:10; 23:12; Ps 119:102</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.23">22:23</a></span> Is 31:6; 55:7; Mal 3:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.24">22:24</a></span> 1Kg 9:28; Jb 28:16; Is 13:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.26">22:26</a></span> Jb 27:10; Ps 37:4; Is 55:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.26">22:26</a></span> Jb 11:15; 27:10; Is 58:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.27">22:27</a></span> Jb 33:26; Ps 50:14; Is 58:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.28">22:28</a></span> Pr 4:18; Is 60:3; Dn 12:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.29">22:29</a></span> Ps 18:27; Mt 23:12; 1Pt 5:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.22.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.22.30">22:30</a></span> 2Sm 22:21; Jb 17:9; Ps 24:4</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.22" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div 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