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| 22:1 |
And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --
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| 22:2 |
To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
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| 22:3 |
Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
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| 22:4 |
Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
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| 22:5 |
Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
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| 22:6 |
For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
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| 22:7 |
Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
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| 22:8 |
As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it.
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| 22:9 |
Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
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| 22:10 |
Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
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| 22:11 |
Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
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| 22:12 |
Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
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| 22:13 |
And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
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| 22:14 |
Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
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| 22:15 |
The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
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| 22:16 |
Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
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| 22:17 |
Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
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| 22:18 |
And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
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| 22:19 |
See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
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| 22:20 |
`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
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| 22:21 |
Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
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| 22:22 |
Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
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| 22:23 |
If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
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| 22:24 |
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
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| 22:25 |
And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
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| 22:26 |
For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
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| 22:27 |
Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
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| 22:28 |
And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.
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| 22:29 |
For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
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| 22:30 |
He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.
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