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Job 35

¹It is not right, Job, for you to say that you are innocent in God's sight,

³or to ask God, "How does my sin affect you? What have I gained by not sinning?"

⁴I am going to answer you and your friends too.

⁵Look at the sky! See how high the clouds are!

⁶If you sin, that does no harm to God. If you do wrong many times, does that affect him?

⁷Do you help God by being so righteous? There is nothing God needs from you.

⁸Others suffer from your sins, and the good you do helps them.

⁹When people are oppressed, they groan; they cry for someone to save them.

¹⁰But they don't turn to God, their Creator, who gives them hope in their darkest hours.

¹¹They don't turn to God, who makes us wise, wiser than any animal or bird.

¹²They cry for help, but God doesn't answer, for they are proud and evil.

¹³It is useless for them to cry out; Almighty God does not see or hear them.

¹⁴Job, you say you can't see God; but wait patiently---your case is before him.

¹⁵You think that God does not punish, that he pays little attention to sin.

¹⁶It is useless for you to go on talking; it is clear you don't know what you are saying.