^2 (B)“Can a man be profitable to God?
    Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
    or is it gain to him if you ^(C)make your ways blameless?
⁴ Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you
    and ^(D)enters into judgment with you?

^21 (A)“Agree with God, and ^(B)be at peace;
    thereby good will come to you.
²² Receive instruction from ^(C)his mouth,
    and ^(D)lay up his words in your heart.
²³ If you ^(E)return to the Almighty you will be ^(F)built up;
    if you ^(G)remove injustice far from your tents,
²⁴ if you lay gold in ^(H)the dust,
    and gold of ^(I)Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
²⁵ then the Almighty will be your gold
    and your precious silver.
²⁶ For then you ^(J)will delight yourself in the Almighty
    and ^(K)lift up your face to God.
²⁷ You will ^(L)make your prayer to him, and he will hear you,
    and you will ^(M)pay your vows.
²⁸ You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
    and ^(N)light will shine on your ways.
²⁹ For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’;^[a]
    but he saves ^(O)the lowly.
³⁰ He ^(P)delivers even the one who is not innocent,
    who will be delivered through ^(Q)the cleanness of your hands.”

² “Today also my ^(R)complaint is bitter;^[b]
    my ^(S)hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
³ Oh, ^(T)that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his ^(U)seat!
⁴ I would ^(V)lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵ I would know what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he ^(W)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No; he would pay attention to me.
⁷ There an upright man could argue with him,
    and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.