Job 22  Legacy Standard Bible

¹² “Is not God ^(Q)in the height of heaven?
Look also at the ^[d]distant stars, how high they are!
¹³ You say, ‘^(R)What does God know?
Can He judge through the dense gloom?
^14 (S)Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the ^[e]vault of heaven.’
¹⁵ Will you keep to the ancient path
Which ^(T)wicked men have trod,
¹⁶ Who were snatched away ^(U)before their time,
Whose ^(V)foundations were ^[f]washed away by a river?
¹⁷ They ^(W)said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can ^[g]the Almighty do to them?’
¹⁸ Yet He ^(X)filled their houses with good things,
But ^(Y)the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
¹⁹ The ^(Z)righteous see and are glad,
And the innocent mock them,
²⁰ Saying, ‘Truly those who rise against us are wiped out,
And their ^[h]abundance ^(AA)the fire has consumed.’

²¹ “^[i](AB)Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.
²² Please receive ^[j](AC)instruction from His mouth
And set His words in your heart.
²³ If you ^(AD)return to ^[k]the Almighty, you will be ^[l]restored;
If you ^(AE)remove unrighteousness far from your tent,
²⁴ And ^(AF)put your ^[m]gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
²⁵ Then ^[n]the Almighty will be your ^[o]gold
And choice silver to you.
²⁶ For then you will ^(AG)delight in ^[p]the Almighty
And lift up your face to God.
²⁷ You will ^(AH)entreat Him, and ^(AI)He will hear you;
And you will pay your vows.
²⁸ You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And ^(AJ)light will shine on your ways.
²⁹ When ^[q]some are cast down, you will speak with ^[r]confidence,
And the ^[s](AK)humble person He will save.
³⁰ He will provide escape for one who is not innocent,
And he will ^(AL)escape through the cleanness of your hands.”