Holy Bible - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

22:1	Then Eli'phaz the Te'manite answered:
22:2	'Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
22:3	Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
22:4	Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you?
22:5	Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.
22:6	For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
22:7	You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
22:8	The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man dwelt in it.
22:9	You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
22:10	Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden terror overwhelms you;
22:11	your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
22:12	'Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
22:13	Therefore you say, What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
22:14	Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.'
22:15	Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod?
22:16	They were snatched away before their time;their foundation was washed away.
22:17	They said to God, Depart from us,' and What can the Almighty do to us?'
22:18	Yet he filled their houses with good things -- but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
22:19	The righteous see it and are glad;the innocent laugh them to scorn,
22:20	saying, Surely our adversaries are cut off, and what they left the fire has consumed.'
22:21	'Agree with God, and be at peace;thereby good will come to you.
22:22	Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
22:23	If you return to the Almighty and humble yourself, if you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,
22:24	if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed,
22:25	and if the Almighty is your gold, and your precious silver;
22:26	then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.
22:27	You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you;and you will pay your vows.
22:28	You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
22:29	For God abases the proud, but he saves the lowly.
22:30	He delivers the innocent man;you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.'