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² "Hear my words, you wise men;
    listen to me, you who know a lot.
³ The ear tests words
    as the tongue tastes food.
⁴ Let's decide for ourselves what is right,
    and let's learn together what is good.

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 evil
    and spends time with wicked men,
⁹ because he says, ‘It is no use
    to 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 done
    and 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 earth
    or put him in charge of the whole world.
¹⁴ If God should decide
    to take away life and breath,
¹⁵ then everyone would die together
    and 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 shadow
    where those who do evil can hide from him.
²³ He does not set a time
    for people to come before him for judging.
²⁴ Without asking questions, God breaks powerful people into pieces
    and puts others in their place.
²⁵ Because God knows what people do,
    he defeats them in the night, and they are crushed.
²⁶ He punishes them for the evil they do
    so that everyone else can watch,
²⁷ because they stopped following God
    and did not care about any of his ways.
²⁸ The cry of the poor comes to God;
    he hears the cry of the needy.
²⁹ But if God keeps quiet, who can blame him?
    If he hides his face, who can see him?
God still rules over both nations and persons alike.
³⁰ He keeps the wicked from ruling
    and from trapping others.

³¹ "But suppose someone says to God,
    ‘I am guilty, but I will not sin anymore.
³² Teach me what I cannot see.
    If I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'
³³ So, Job, should God reward you as you want
    when you refuse to change?
You must decide, not I,
    so tell me what you know.

³⁴ "Those who understand speak,
    and the wise who hear me say,
³⁵ ‘Job speaks without knowing what is true;
    his words show he does not understand.'
³⁶ I wish Job would be tested completely,
    because he answered like an evil man!
³⁷ Job now adds to his sin by turning against God.
    He claps his hands in protest,
    speaking more and more against God."