12. Doesn't God live in the highest heavensand look down on the stars, even though they are high?
13. And yet you ask, “What does God know?He is hidden by clouds — how can he judge us?”
14. You think the thick clouds keep him from seeing,as he walks on the dome of the sky.
15. Are you determined to walk in the pathsthat evil people have always followed?
16. Even before their time had come,they were washed away by a flood.
17. These are the ones who rejected Godand believed that he could do nothing to them.
18. And yet it was God who made them prosperous —I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.
19. Good people are glad and the innocent laughwhen they see the wicked punished.
20. All that the wicked own is destroyed,and fire burns up anything that is left.
21. Now, Job, make peace with Godand stop treating him like an enemy;if you do, then he will bless you.
22. Accept the teaching he gives;keep his words in your heart.
23. Yes, you must humbly return to Godand put an end to all the evilthat is done in your house.