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² "Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.
    For I have not finished defending God!
³ I will present profound arguments
    for the righteousness of my Creator.
⁴ I am telling you nothing but the truth,
    for I am a man of great knowledge.

⁵ "God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
    He is mighty in both power and understanding.
⁶ He does not let the wicked live
    but gives justice to the afflicted.
⁷ He never takes his eyes off the innocent,
    but he sets them on thrones with kings
    and exalts them forever.
⁸ If they are bound in chains
    and caught up in a web of trouble,
⁹ he shows them the reason.
    He shows them their sins of pride.
¹⁰ He gets their attention
    and commands that they turn from evil.

¹¹ "If they listen and obey God,
    they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.
    All their years will be pleasant.
¹² But if they refuse to listen to him,
    they will cross over the river of death,
    dying from lack of understanding.
¹³ For the godless are full of resentment.
    Even when he punishes them,
    they refuse to cry out to him for help.
¹⁴ They die when they are young,
    after wasting their lives in immoral living.
¹⁵ But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
    For he gets their attention through adversity.

¹⁶ "God is leading you away from danger, Job,
    to a place free from distress.
    He is setting your table with the best food.
¹⁷ But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.
    Don't worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
¹⁸ But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth.^[a]
    Don't let yourself be bribed into sin.
¹⁹ Could all your wealth^[b]
    or all your mighty efforts
    keep you from distress?
²⁰ Do not long for the cover of night,
    for that is when people will be destroyed.^[c]
21 Be on guard! Turn back from evil,
    for God sent this suffering
    to keep you from a life of evil.

²² "Look, God is all-powerful.
    Who is a teacher like him?
²³ No one can tell him what to do,
    or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.'
²⁴ Instead, glorify his mighty works,
    singing songs of praise.
²⁵ Everyone has seen these things,
    though only from a distance.

²⁶ "Look, God is greater than we can understand.
    His years cannot be counted.
²⁷ He draws up the water vapor
    and then distills it into rain.
²⁸ The rain pours down from the clouds,
    and everyone benefits.
²⁹ Who can understand the spreading of the clouds
    and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
³⁰ See how he spreads the lightning around him
    and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
³¹ By these mighty acts he nourishes^[d] the people,
    giving them food in abundance.
³² He fills his hands with lightning bolts
    and hurls each at its target.
³³ The thunder announces his presence;
    the storm announces his indignant anger.^[e]