6. I am just like you before God.I was also made out of clay.
7. Don’t be afraid of me.I will not be hard on you.
8. “But I heard what you have said.I heard every word.
9. You said, ‘I am pure and without sin.I am innocent and free from guilt.
10. But God has found fault with me.He considers me his enemy.
11. He locks my feet in chains.He closely watches everywhere I go.’
12. “But I tell you, you are not right in saying this.God is greater than we are!
13. Why do you accuse Godof not answering man’s complaints?
14. God does speak—sometimes one way and sometimes another.He speaks even though men may not understand it.
15. God may speak in a dream or a vision of the night.This is when men are in a deep sleepand lying in their beds.
16. He may speak in their earsand frighten them with warnings.