Job 22:13-30 ▼

13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

14 Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

22 Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

24 and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

25 then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

28 Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”