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“Do you think this is just?
You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
“Do you think it is right for you to claim,
‘I am righteous before God’?
‘I am righteous before God’?
For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me?
What’s the use of living a righteous life?’
What’s the use of living a righteous life?’
“I would like to reply to you
and to your friends with you.
and to your friends with you.
“I will answer you
and all your friends, too.
and all your friends, too.
Look up at the heavens and see;
gaze at the clouds so high above you.
gaze at the clouds so high above you.
Look up into the sky,
and see the clouds high above you.
and see the clouds high above you.
If you sin, how does that affect him?
If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
If you sin, how does that affect God?
Even if you sin again and again,
what effect will it have on him?
Even if you sin again and again,
what effect will it have on him?
If you are righteous, what do you give to him,
or what does he receive from your hand?
or what does he receive from your hand?
If you are good, is this some great gift to him?
What could you possibly give him?
What could you possibly give him?
Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,
and your righteousness only other people.
and your righteousness only other people.
No, your sins affect only people like yourself,
and your good deeds also affect only humans.
and your good deeds also affect only humans.
“People cry out under a load of oppression;
they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
“People cry out when they are oppressed.
They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
who gives songs in the night,
Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator,
the one who gives songs in the night?
the one who gives songs in the night?
Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals
and wiser than the birds of the sky?’
and wiser than the birds of the sky?’
He does not answer when people cry out
because of the arrogance of the wicked.
because of the arrogance of the wicked.
And when they cry out, God does not answer
because of their pride.
because of their pride.
Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
the Almighty pays no attention to it.
the Almighty pays no attention to it.
But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen,
to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.
to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.
How much less, then, will he listen
when you say that you do not see him,
that your case is before him
and you must wait for him,
when you say that you do not see him,
that your case is before him
and you must wait for him,