איוב 22

1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

2 הַלְאֵל יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

3 הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃

Is it any pleasure to Shaddai, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

4 הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?

5 הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

6 כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃

For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7 לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

8 וְאִישׁ זְרוֹעַ לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

9 אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

10 עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִֽיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃

Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,

11 אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.

12 הֲ‍ֽלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃

"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are.

13 וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

14 עָבִים סֵֽתֶר־לוֹ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'

15 הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃

Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,

16 אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃

who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

17 הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃

who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can Shaddai do for us?'

18 וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃

Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19 יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃

The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

20 אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃

saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'

21 הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלם בָּהֶם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃

"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

22 קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃

Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

23 אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַד־שַׁדַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃

If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

24 וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּבְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃

Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

25 וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃

Shaddai will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

26 כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃

For then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and shall lift up your face to God.

27 תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.

28 וְֽתִגְזַר־אוֹמֶר וְיָקָם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃

And you will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

29 כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃

When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' And he will save the humble.

30 יֽ͏ְמַלֵּט אִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃

He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."