7. What person is like Job,who drinks scorn like water,
8. who travels with troublemakersand associates with evil people?
9. He says, ‘It doesn’t do any good to try to please God.’
10. “You people who have understanding, listen to me.It is unthinkable that God would ever do evilor that the Almighty would ever do wicked things.
11. God will repay humanity for what it has doneand will give each person what he deserves.
12. Certainly, God will never do anything evil,and the Almighty will never pervert justice.
13. Who put him in charge of the earth?Who appointed him to be over the whole world?
14. If he thought only of himselfand withdrew his Spirit and his breath,
15. all living beings would die together,and humanity would return to dust.