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

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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Footnotes

  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