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"Do you think it is right for you to claim, 'I am righteous before God'? |
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For you also ask, 'What's in it for me? What's the use of living a righteous life?' |
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"I will answer you and all your friends, too. |
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Look up into the sky, and see the clouds high above you. |
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If you sin, how does that affect God? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him? |
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If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him? |
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No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds also affect only humans. |
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"People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty. |
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Yet they don't ask, 'Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night? |
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Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?' |
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And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride. |
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But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen, to say the Almighty isn't concerned. |
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You say you can't see him, but he will bring justice if you will only wait. |
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You say he does not respond to sinners with anger and is not greatly concerned about wickedness. |
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But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool." |
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