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Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
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# Chapter 35
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1. Then Elihu said:
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2. "Do you think it is right for you to claim,
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'I am righteous before God'?
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3. For you also ask, 'What's in it for me?
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What's the use of living a righteous life?'
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4. "I will answer you
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and all your friends, too.
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5. Look up into the sky,
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and see the clouds high above you.
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6. If you sin, how does that affect God?
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Even if you sin again and again,
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what effect will it have on him?
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7. If you are good, is this some great gift to him?
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What could you possibly give him?
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8. No, your sins affect only people like yourself,
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and your good deeds also affect only humans.
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9. "People cry out when they are oppressed.
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They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
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10. Yet they don't ask, 'Where is God my Creator,
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the one who gives songs in the night?
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11. Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals
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and wiser than the birds of the sky?'
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12. And when they cry out, God does not answer
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because of their pride.
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13. But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen,
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to say the Almighty isn't concerned.
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14. You say you can't see him,
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but he will bring justice if you will only wait.
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15. You say he does not respond to sinners with anger
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and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.
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16. But you are talking nonsense, Job.
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You have spoken like a fool."
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