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21 “Agree with God,[a] and be at peace;
    in this way good will come to you.(A)
22 Receive instruction from his mouth,
    and lay up his words in your heart.(B)
23 If you return to the Almighty,[b] you will be restored,
    if you remove unrighteousness from your tents,(C)
24 if you treat gold like dust
    and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent bed,(D)
25 and if the Almighty[c] is your gold
    and your precious silver,(E)
26 then you will delight yourself in the Almighty[d]
    and lift up your face to God.(F)
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
    and you will pay your vows.(G)
28 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
    and light will shine on your ways.(H)
29 When others are humiliated, you say it is pride,
    for he saves the humble.(I)
30 He will deliver even those who are guilty;
    they will escape because of the cleanness of your hands.”[e](J)

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  1. 22.21 Heb him
  2. 22.23 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
  3. 22.25 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
  4. 22.26 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
  5. 22.30 Meaning of Heb uncertain

21 Be reconciled with God.
Be at peace with him.
Then good will come to you.
22 Accept teaching from his mouth,
and set his words in your heart.
23 If you turn to the Almighty, you will be built up.
If you want to put injustice far from your tent,
24 throw your purest gold[a] into the dust
and your gold from Ophir upon the rocks in the ravines.
25 Then the Almighty will be your purest gold
and your most precious silver.
26 Then you will find pleasure in the Almighty,
and you will lift up your face to God.
27 You will pray to God, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.
28 You will decide on a matter, and it will be done for you,
and light will shine on your ways.
29 When people are brought low,
and you say, “Lift them up,”
God will save the downcast.
30 He will deliver even the person who is not innocent,
who will escape by the purity of your hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:24 Or gold nuggets