5. “Job says, ‘I am not guilty,and God has refused me a fair trial.
6. Instead of getting a fair trial,I am called a liar.I have been seriously hurt,even though I have not sinned.’
7. There is no other man like Job;he takes insults as if he were drinking water.
8. He keeps company with those who do eviland spends time with wicked men,
9. because he says, ‘It is no useto try to please God.’
10. “So listen to me, you who can understand.God can never do wrong!It is impossible for the Almighty to do evil.
11. God pays people back for what they have doneand gives them what their actions deserve.
12. Truly God will never do wrong;the Almighty will never twist what is right.
13. No one chose God to rule over the earthor put him in charge of the whole world.