11. He binds chains on my feet;he watches every move I make.”
12. But I tell you, Job, you are wrong.God is greater than any human being.
13. Why do you accuse Godof never answering our complaints?
14. Although God speaks again and again,no one pays attention to what he says.
15. At night when people are asleep,God speaks in dreams and visions.
16. He makes them listen to what he says,and they are frightened at his warnings.
17. God speaks to make them stop their sinningand to save them from becoming proud.
18. He will not let them be destroyed;he saves them from death itself.
19. God corrects people by sending sicknessand filling their bodies with pain.
20. Those who are sick lose their appetites,and even the finest food looks revolting.
21. Their bodies waste away to nothing;you can see all their bones;
22. they are about to go to the world of the dead.
23. Perhaps an angel may come to their aid —one of God's thousands of angels,who remind us of our duty.