7. You don't have to be afraid of me. My hand won't be too heavy on you.
8. "But I heard what you said. And here are the exact words I heard.
9. You said, 'I'm pure. I haven't sinned in the ways you have charged. I'm clean. I'm not guilty of doing anything wrong.
10. But God has found fault with me. He thinks I'm his enemy.
11. He puts my feet in chains. He watches every step I take.'
12. "But I'm telling you that you aren't right when you talk like that. After all, God is greater than a mere man.
13. Why do you claim that God never answers any of our questions?
14. He speaks in one way and then another. We might not even realize it.
15. He might speak in a dream or in a vision at night. That's when people are sound asleep in their beds.
16. He might speak in their ears. His warnings might terrify them.
17. He warns men in order to turn them away from sinning. He wants to keep them from being proud.