Job 35
35
1Then Elihu said:
2“Do you think this is fair?
You say, ‘God will show that I am right.’
3But you say to him, ‘What good is it to me?
I don’t gain anything by not sinning.’
4“I would like to answer you.
And I want to answer your friends who are with you.
5Look up at the sky and see.
Look at the clouds so high above you.
6If you sin, it does nothing to God.
Even if your sins are many, they do nothing to God.
7If you are good, you give nothing to God.
He receives nothing from your hand.
8Your evil ways only hurt a man like yourself.
And the good you do only helps other human beings.
9“People cry out for help when they are in trouble.
They beg for relief from powerful people.
10But no one asks, ‘Where is God, my Maker?
He gives us songs in the night.
11He makes us more clever than the animals of the earth.
He makes us wiser than the birds of the air.’
12God does not answer evil people when they cry for help.
This is because they are too proud.
13He does not listen to their useless begging.
God All-Powerful pays no attention to them.
14He will listen to you even less
when you say you do not see him.
He will not listen when you say your case is before him
and you must wait for him.
15He will not listen when you say his anger never punishes
and that he doesn’t notice evil.
16So Job is only speaking useless words.
He says many words without knowing what is true.”
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