Job 35

International Standard Version

² “Are you saying that it’s just for you to claim,
    ‘I’m more righteous than God?’
³ After all, you’ve asked what your benefit will be:
    ‘What will I profit from refraining from sin?’
⁴ I’m going to respond to that statement,
    and to your friends with you.”

⁹ “They cry out because they have many oppressors;
    they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them.^[d]
10 He never asks, ‘Where is God, my Creator,
    who gives me songs in the night,
¹¹ who teaches us more than the earth’s wild animals,
    and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

¹² “They cry out there, but he doesn’t answer
    because of the arrogance of those who practice evil.
¹³ Theirs is a useless plea—
    God won’t listen;
        the Almighty won’t pay any attention.
¹⁴ Even though you complain that you can’t perceive him,
    your case is already pending for judgment in his presence
        so keep on placing your hope in him.

¹⁵ “So now, if he doesn’t inflict punishment in his anger,
    then he doesn’t keep track of your many transgressions.
¹⁶ When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness;
    he added words upon words without knowing anything.”