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² "Be patient with me a little longer.
    God has a few more words that he wants me to say.
³ I will share my knowledge with everyone.
    I will prove that my Maker is right.
⁴ Job, I am telling the truth.
    I know what I am talking about.

⁵ "God is very powerful, but he does not hate people.
    He is very powerful, but he is also very wise.
⁶ He will not let evil people live.
    He brings justice to the poor.
⁷ He watches over those who live right.
    He lets them rule in high places.
⁸ So if people are punished,
    if they are tied with chains and ropes, they did something wrong.
⁹ And God will tell them what they did,
    that they sinned and were proud.
¹⁰ He will force them to listen to his warning.
    He will command them to stop sinning.
¹¹ If they serve and obey him, he will make them successful
    and they will live a happy life.
¹² But if they refuse to obey him, they will be destroyed.
    They will die like fools.

¹³ "People who don't care about God are always bitter.
    Even when he punishes them, they refuse to pray to him for help.
¹⁴ They will die while they are still young,
    like the male prostitutes.
¹⁵ God saves those who suffer by using their suffering.
    He uses their troubles to speak in a way that makes them listen.

¹⁶ "In fact, God wants to help you out of your troubles.
    He wants to take away your burdens that are crushing you.
    He wants to load your table with plenty of food.
¹⁷ But you are full of this talk about guilt, judgment, and justice!
¹⁸ Job, don't let your anger fill you with doubt about God.
    And don't let the price of forgiveness turn you away.
¹⁹ Do you think your wealth will keep you out of trouble?
    Will your great strength be of any help to you now?
²⁰ Don't be like those who wish darkness would come and hide them.
    They try to disappear into the night.^[a]
21 Job, don't let your suffering cause you to choose evil.
    Be careful not to do wrong.

²² "Look, God's power makes him great!
    He is the greatest teacher of all.
²³ No one can tell him what to do.
    No one can say, ‘God, you have done wrong.'
²⁴ Remember to praise him for what he has done,
    as many others have done in song.
²⁵ Everyone can see what he has done,
    even people in faraway countries.
²⁶ Yes, God is great, but we cannot understand his greatness.
    We don't know how long he has lived.

²⁷ "God takes up water from the earth
    and changes it into mist and rain.
²⁸ So the clouds pour out the water,
    and the rain falls on many people.
²⁹ No one can understand how he spreads the clouds out
    or how the thunder rumbles from his home in the sky.
³⁰ Look, he spreads lightning all over the sky
    and covers the deepest part of the ocean.
³¹ He uses them to control the nations
    and to give them plenty of food.
³² He grabs the lightning with his hands,
    and commands it to strike where he wants.
³³ The thunder warns that a storm is coming.
    So even the cattle know it is near.