Job 22:1-30 MEV

[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered: [2] "Can a man be profitable to God, as he who is wise may be profitable to himself? [3] Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless? [4] "Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, and enters into judgment with you? [5] Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquity infinite? [6] For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. [7] You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. [8] But as for the mighty man, he possessed the earth, and the honorable man lived in it. [9] You have sent widows away empty, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed. [10] Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you, [11] or darkness, so that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you. [12] "Is not God in the height of heaven? And see the height of the stars, how high they are! [13] And you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud? [14] Thick clouds are His covering, so He cannot see; and He walks above the circle of heaven.' [15] Will you keep to the old way, that wicked men have trod? [16] They were cut down before their time; their foundations were swept away by a flood. [17] They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and, 'What can the Almighty do to us?' [18] Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. [19] "The righteous see it and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn: [20] 'Surely our adversaries are cut down, and the fire consumes their remnant.' [21] "Now acquaint yourself with Him and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. [22] Receive, I pray, the teaching from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. [23] If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; you will put away iniquity far from your tents. [24] Then you will lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. [25] Yes, the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver; [26] for then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face unto God. [27] You will make your prayer to Him, and He will hear you, and you will pay your vows. [28] You will also declare a matter, and it will be established unto you; and the light will shine upon your ways. [29] When men are cast down, and you say, 'There is a time of exaltation!' then He will save the humble person. [30] He will even deliver one who is not innocent; he will be delivered by the purity of your hands."