3. It does not help God All-Powerful for you to be good.He gains nothing if you are innocent.
4. God does not punish you for respecting him.He does not bring you into court for this.
5. No! It is because your evil is without limits.And your sins have no end.
6. You took your brothers’ things to pay a debt they didn’t owe.You took clothes from people and left them naked.
7. You did not give water to tired people.And you kept food away from the hungry.
8. You were a powerful man who owned land.You were honored and lived in the land.
9. But you sent widows away without giving them anything.You even mistreated orphans.
10. That is why traps are all around you.That is why sudden danger frightens you.
11. That is why it is so dark you cannot see.And that is why a flood of water covers you.
12. “God is in the highest part of heaven.See how high the highest stars are!
13. But you say, ‘God knows nothing.He cannot judge us through the dark clouds.
14. Thick clouds cover him so he cannot see us.He walks around high up in the sky.’
15. Are you going to stay on the old pathwhere evil people walk?