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Job 8:3

New Century Version

God does not twist justice; the Almighty does not make wrong what is right.

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Now let each of you fear the Lord. Watch what you do, because the Lord our God wants people to be fair. He wants all people to be treated the same, and he doesn’t want decisions influenced by money.”

He is like a rock; what he does is perfect, and he is always fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong, who is right and fair.

Surely you will not destroy the good people along with the evil ones; then they would be treated the same. You are the judge of all the earth. Won’t you do what is right?”

The Lord was ready to bring the disaster on us, and he did it because the Lord our God is right in everything he does. But we still did not obey him.

And I heard a voice coming from the altar saying: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, the way you punish evil people is right and fair.”

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “You do great and wonderful things, Lord God Almighty. Everything the Lord does is right and true, King of the nations.

But you are stubborn and refuse to change, so you are making your own punishment even greater on the day he shows his anger. On that day everyone will see God’s right judgments.

You still say: ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Israel, I will judge all of you by your own ways.”

“Your people say: ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their own ways that are not fair.

“But you say, ‘What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ Listen, people of Israel. I am fair. It is what you do that is not fair!

The King is powerful and loves justice. Lord, you made things fair; you have done what is fair and right for the people of Jacob.

Your kingdom is built on what is right and fair. Love and truth are in all you do.

Would you say that I am unfair? Would you blame me to make yourself look right?

“Will the person who argues with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God answer him.”

God does not listen to their useless begging; the Almighty pays no attention to them.

“Job says, ‘I am not guilty, and God has refused me a fair trial.

Their eyes should see their own destruction, and they should suffer the anger of the Almighty.

Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?’

“I shout, ‘I have been wronged!’ But I get no answer. I scream for help but I get no justice.

Does it make you happy to trouble me? Don’t you care about me, the work of your hands? Are you happy with the plans of evil people?

“Yes, I know that this is true, but how can anyone be right in the presence of God?

It said, ‘Can a human be more right than God? Can a person be pure before his maker?

What I know comes from far away. I will show that my Maker is right.

No one has planned his ways for him; no one can say to God, ‘You have done wrong.’

The Almighty is too high for us to reach. He has great strength; he is always right and never punishes unfairly.

Then know that God has wronged me and pulled his net around me.




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