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Job - ch 22 v 1 - 20
- And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
- To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
- Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
- Because of thy reverence Doth He reason `with' thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
- Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
- For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
- Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
- As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it.
- Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
- Therefore round about thee `are' snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
- Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
- Is not God high `in' heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
- And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
- Thick clouds `are' a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
- The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
- Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
- Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
- And he hath filled their houses `with' good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
- See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
- `Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
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