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² "Can anyone be of real use to God?
    Can even a wise person do him good?
³ Does it help the Almighty for you to be good?
    Does he gain anything if you are innocent?
⁴ Does God punish you for respecting him?
    Does he bring you into court for this?
⁵ No! It is because your evil is without limits
    and your sins have no end.
⁶ You took your brothers' things for a debt they didn't owe;
    you took clothes from people and left them naked.
⁷ You did not give water to tired people,
    and you kept food from the hungry.
⁸ You were a powerful man who owned land;
    you were honored and lived in the land.
⁹ But you sent widows away empty-handed,
    and you mistreated orphans.
¹⁰ That is why traps are all around you
    and sudden danger frightens you.
¹¹ That is why it is so dark you cannot see
    and a flood of water covers you.

¹² "God is in the highest part of heaven.
    See how high the highest stars are!
¹³ But you ask, ‘What does God know?
    Can he judge us through the dark clouds?
¹⁴ Thick clouds cover him so he cannot see us
    as he walks around high up in the sky.'
¹⁵ Are you going to stay on the old path
    where evil people walk?
¹⁶ They were carried away before their time was up,
    and their foundations were washed away by a flood.
¹⁷ They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    The Almighty can do nothing to us.'
¹⁸ But it was God who filled their houses with good things.
    Their way of thinking is different from mine.

¹⁹ "Good people can watch and be glad;
    the innocent can laugh at them and say,
²⁰ ‘Surely our enemies are destroyed,
    and fire burns up their wealth.'

²¹ "Obey God and be at peace with him;
    this is the way to happiness.
²² Accept teaching from his mouth,
    and keep his words in your heart.
²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be blessed again.
    So remove evil from your house.
²⁴ Throw your gold nuggets into the dust
    and your fine gold among the rocks in the ravines.
²⁵ Then the Almighty will be your gold
    and the best silver for you.
²⁶ You will find pleasure in the Almighty,
    and you will look up to him.
²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
    and you will keep your promises to him.
²⁸ Anything you decide will be done,
    and light will shine on your ways.
²⁹ When people are made humble and you say, ‘Have courage,'
    then the humble will be saved.
³⁰ Even a guilty person will escape
    and be saved because your hands are clean."