5. Job claims that he is innocent,that God refuses to give him justice.
6. He asks, “How could I lie and say I am wrong?I am fatally wounded, but I am sinless.”
7. Have you ever seen anyone like this man Job?He never shows respect for God.
8. He likes the company of evil peopleand goes about with sinners.
9. He says that it never does any goodto try to follow God's will.
10. Listen to me, you men who understand!Will Almighty God do what is wrong?
11. He rewards people for what they doand treats them as they deserve.
12. Almighty God does not do evil;he is never unjust to anyone.
13. Did God get his power from someone else?Did someone put him in charge of the world?
14. If God took back the breath of life,
15. then everyone living would dieand turn into dust again.