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Job 34:23

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God does not need to pick a time\par to test people some more.\par God does not need to bring people\par in front of him to be judged.\par

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The bad things that happened to us are our own fault. We have done evil things, and we have much guilt. But you, our God, have punished us much less than we should have been. We have done many terrible sins, and we should have been punished worse. And you have even let some of our people escape captivity.

Truly, God knows who is worthless.\par When God sees evil,\par he remembers it.\par

God could tell you the secret of wisdom.\par He would tell you that\par every story has two sides.\par Job, listen to me,\par God is not punishing you\par as much as he should.\par

He speaks to God for me\par like a person {\cf2\super [31]} arguing for his friend.\par

I am an honest man.\par God would let me tell my story.\par Then my Judge would set me free!\par

If even powerful people do bad things\par God does not need to ask questions.\par God will simply destroy those people,\par and choose other people to be leaders.\par

A person can’t argue with God!\par God could ask 1,000 questions and\par no person could answer even one!\par

Lord, you are good.\par And your laws are fair.\par

\{He will be gentle.\}\par He will not break even a crushed reed. {\cf2\super [381]} \par He will not put out even a weak flame.\par He will judge fairly and find the truth.\par

This is what the Lord says:\par “Do you think that I was not fair\par to your ancestors {\cf2\super [4]} ?\par Is that why they turned away from me?\par Your ancestors worshiped worthless idols,\par and they became worthless themselves.\par

\{Don’t ask that.\} You are only people. And people have no right to question God. A clay jar does not question the man that made it. The jar does not say, “Why did you make me like this?”




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