28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it unto thee, and the [a]light shall shine upon thy ways.

29 [b]When others are cast down, then shalt thou say, I am lifted up: and God shall save the humble person.

30 The innocent shall deliver the [c]island, and it shall be preserved by the pureness of thine hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:28 That is, the favor of God.
  2. Job 22:29 God will deliver his when the wicked are destroyed round about them, as in the flood and in Sodom.
  3. Job 22:30 God will deliver a whole country from peril, even for the just man’s sake.

28 What you decide on will be done,(A)
    and light(B) will shine on your ways.(C)
29 When people are brought low(D) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.(E)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(F)
    who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(G)

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