Job 22

Bishops(i) 1 So Eliphas the Themanite gaue aunswere, and sayde 2 May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise may be profitable vnto him selfe 3 Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect 4 Is he afrayde to reproue thee, and to step foorth with thee into iudgement 5 Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable 6 For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing 7 To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie 8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it 9 Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken 10 Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare 11 Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee 12 Is not God on high in the heauen? beholde the heyght of the starres how hie they are 13 Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude 14 Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen 15 Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked 16 Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer 17 Whiche sayd vnto God, Go from vs: and asked what the almightie coulde do for them 18 He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me 19 The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne 20 Is our substaunce bewen downe? As for the remnaunt of them the fire hath consumed 21 Therefore reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well 22 Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart 23 For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling 24 Thou shalt lay vp golde [as plentyful] as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers 25 Yea almightie God his owne selfe shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer 26 Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God 27 Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt kepe thy promises 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establishe it vnto thee, and the light shall shine in thy wayes 29 When [the wicked] be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person 30 The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande: it shalbe preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes