21 Come to terms with God and be at peace;(A)
in this way[a] good will come to you.
22 Receive instruction from his mouth,(B)
and place his sayings(C) in your heart.
23 If you return(D) to the Almighty, you will be renewed.
If you banish injustice from your tent
24 and consign your gold to the dust,
the gold of Ophir(E) to the stones in the wadis,
25 the Almighty will be your gold
and your finest silver.
26 Then you will delight(F) in the Almighty
and lift up your face to God.(G)
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,(H)
and you will fulfill your vows.
28 When you make a decision, it will be carried out,[b]
and light will shine on your ways.(I)
29 When others are humiliated and you say, “Lift them up,”
God will save the humble.[c](J)
30 He will even rescue the guilty one,
who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:21 Lit peace; by them
  2. 22:28 Lit out for you
  3. 22:29 Lit bowed of eyes

Turn to God

21 Get along well with God and be at peace;
    from this something good will come to you.
22 Receive instruction from his mouth;
    put his words in your mind.
23 If you return to the Almighty,[a] you will be restored;
    if you keep wrongdoing out of your tent.
24 Lay your prized possession in the dust,
    your gold from Ophir on a rock in a desert streambed.
25 The Almighty will be your prized possession,
    silver piled up for you.
26 Then you will take pleasure in the Almighty;
    lift up your face to God.
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you;
    you will fulfill your solemn promises.
28 If you decree something, it will stand;
    light will shine on your ways.
29 When they’re humbled, you will say: “Cheer up;
    God will rescue the lowly.
30     He will deliver the guilty;
    they will be saved by your pure hands.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:23 Heb Shaddai or Mountain One; also in 22:25 and 24:1