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.
14. If God should decideto take away life and breath,
15. then everyone would die togetherand turn back into dust.
16. “If you can understand, hear this;listen to what I have to say.
17. Can anyone govern who hates what is right?How can you blame God who is both fair and powerful?
18. God is the one who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’or to important people, ‘You are evil.’
19. He is not nicer to princes than other people,nor kinder to rich people than poor people,because he made them all with his own hands.
20. They can die in a moment, in the middle of the night.They are struck down, and then they pass away;powerful people die without help.
21. “God watches where people go;he sees every step they take.
22. There is no dark place or deep shadowwhere those who do evil can hide from him.
23. He does not set a timefor people to come before him for judging.
24. Without asking questions, God breaks powerful people into piecesand puts others in their place.