Job 22

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Can a man be profitable unto God?

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee,

Is not thy wickedness great?

For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought,

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;

Thou hast sent widows away empty,

Therefore snares are round about thee,

Or darkness, so that thou canst not see,

Is not God in the height of heaven?

And thou sayest, What doth God know?

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not;

Wilt thou keep the old way

Who were snatched away before their time,

Who said unto God, Depart from us;

Yet he filled their houses with good things:

The righteous see it, and are glad;

Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off,

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,

And lay thou thy treasure in the dust,

And the Almighty will be thy treasure,

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty,

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee;

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee;

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up;

He will deliver even him that is not innocent: