13. And yet you ask, “What does God know?He is hidden by clouds — how can he judge us?”
14. You think the thick clouds keep him from seeing,as he walks on the dome of the sky.
15. Are you determined to walk in the pathsthat evil people have always followed?
16. Even before their time had come,they were washed away by a flood.
17. These are the ones who rejected Godand believed that he could do nothing to them.
18. And yet it was God who made them prosperous —I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.
19. Good people are glad and the innocent laughwhen they see the wicked punished.
20. All that the wicked own is destroyed,and fire burns up anything that is left.
21. Now, Job, make peace with Godand stop treating him like an enemy;if you do, then he will bless you.
22. Accept the teaching he gives;keep his words in your heart.
23. Yes, you must humbly return to Godand put an end to all the evilthat is done in your house.
24. Throw away your gold;dump your finest gold in the dry stream bed.
25. Let Almighty God be your gold,and let him be silver, piled high for you.
26. Then you will always trust in Godand find that he is the source of your joy.