33 lines
1.3 KiB
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33 lines
1.3 KiB
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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.” |