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² Job, if you had any sense,
³ you would stop spreading
    all of this hot air.
⁴ Your words are enough
to make others turn from God
    and lead them to doubt.
⁵ And your sinful, scheming mind
    is the source of all you say.
⁶ I am not here as your judge;
your own words are witnesses
    against you.

⁷ Were you the first human?
    Are you older than the hills?
⁸ Have you ever been present
when God's council^[b] meets?
    Do you alone have wisdom?
⁹ Do you know and understand
    something we don't?
¹⁰ We have the benefit of wisdom
    older than your father.
¹¹ And you have been offered
comforting words from God.
    Isn't this enough?

¹² Your emotions are out of control,
    making you look fierce;
¹³ that's why you attack God
    with everything you say.
¹⁴ No human is pure and innocent,
¹⁵ and neither are angels—
    not in the sight of God.
If God doesn't trust his angels,
¹⁶     what chance do humans have?
We are so terribly evil
    that we thirst for sin.

¹⁷ Just listen to what I know,
    and you will learn
¹⁸ wisdom known by others
    since ancient times.
¹⁹ Those who gained such insights
    also gained the land,
and they were not influenced
    by foreign teachings.
²⁰ But suffering is in store
    each day for those who sin.
²¹ Even in times of success,
they constantly hear
    the threat of doom.
²² Darkness, despair, and death
    are their destiny.
²³ They scrounge around for food,
all the while dreading
    the approaching darkness.
²⁴ They are overcome with despair,
like a terrified king
    about to go into battle.
²⁵ This is because they rebelled
    against God All-Powerful
²⁶ and have attacked him
    with their weapons.

²⁷ They may be rich and fat,
²⁸ but they will live in the ruins
    of deserted towns.
²⁹ Their property and wealth
    will shrink and disappear.
³⁰ They won't escape the darkness,
and the blazing breath of God
    will set their future aflame.
³¹ They have put their trust
    in something worthless;
now they will become worthless
³² like a date palm tree
    without a leaf.^[c]
33 Or like vineyards or orchards
whose blossoms and unripe fruit
    drop to the ground.
³⁴ Yes, the godless and the greedy
will have nothing but flames
    feasting on their homes,
³⁵ because they are the parents
    of trouble and vicious lies.