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Job 31:14

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then what will I do when I must face God?\par What will I say when God asks me\par to explain what I did?\par

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I will say to God:\par ‘Don’t blame me!\par Tell me,\par What have I done wrong?\par What do you have against me?\par

“If I refuse to be fair to my slaves\par when they have a complaint against me,\par

God made me in my mother’s body.\par And God also made my slaves.\par God shaped us all inside our mothers.\par

God is not a man like me.\par That is why I can’t answer him.\par We can’t meet each other in court.\par

Don’t judge me, your servant.\par Never, in all my life, could I ever be judged innocent.\par

Surely, God knows these things.\par He knows even our deepest secrets.\par

Lord, get up {\cf2\super [37]} and show your anger!\par My enemy is angry,\par so stand and fight against him.\par Lord, get up and demand fairness!\par

The Lord remembered the people who\par went to him for help. {\cf2\super [50]} \par Those poor people cried for help.\par And the Lord didn’t forget them.\par

Lord, get up {\cf2\super [53]} and judge the nations.\par Don’t let people think they are powerful.\par

Lawmakers, you will have to explain the things you have done. What will you do at that time? Your destruction is coming from a faraway country. Where will you run for help? Your money and your riches will not help you.

The prophet says, “Israel, learn these things: The time of punishment has come. The time has come for you to pay \{for the evil things you did\}.” But the people of Israel say, “The prophet is a fool. This man with \{God’s\} Spirit is crazy.” The prophet says, “You will be punished for your bad sins. You will be punished for your hate.”

You must not be a cruel master to this person. You must respect your God.

\{Even\} the best of them is like a thorn bush.\par Even the best of them is more crooked\par than a tangled thorn bush.\par

Everyone, be quiet!\par The Lord is coming out of his holy house.\par

The Pharisees and teachers of the law saw that some of Jesus’ followers ate food with hands that were not clean. (“Not clean” means that they did not wash their hands \{in the way the Pharisees said people must\}.)

These things the law {\cf2\super [28]} says are for the people that are under the law. This stops all \{Jewish\} people from making excuses and brings the whole world (Jews and non-Jews) under God’s judgment.

Yes, you must show mercy to other people. If you do not show mercy, then God will not show mercy to you when he judges you. But the person who shows mercy can stand without fear when he is judged.




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