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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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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?”

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.”

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

“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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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




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