Job 22:13-30 ▼

13 And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?

14 Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, || And He does not see, || And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.

15 Do you observe the path of the age, || That men of iniquity have trodden,

16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.

17 Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, || And what does the Mighty One do to them?

18 And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked || Has been far from me).

19 The righteous see and they rejoice, || And the innocent mocks at them:

20 Surely our substance has not been cut off, || And fire has consumed their excellence.

21 Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, || Thereby your increase [is] good.

22 Please receive a law from His mouth, || And set His sayings in your heart.

23 If you return to the Mighty you are built up, || You put iniquity far from your tents.

24 So as to set a defense on the dust, || And a covering on a rock of the valleys.

25 And the Mighty has been your defense, || And silver [is] strength to you.

26 For then you delight yourself on the Mighty, || And lift up your face to God,

27 You make supplication to Him, || And He hears you, || And you complete your vows.

28 And you decree a saying, || And it is established to you, || And light has shone on your ways.

29 For they have made low, || And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.

30 He delivers the one [who is] not innocent, || Indeed, he has been delivered || By the cleanness of your hands.”