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Job 5:8

New International Reader's Version

“If I were you, I’d make my appeal to God. I’d bring my case to be judged by him.

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“So commit yourself to God completely. Reach out your hands to him for help.

What you know, I also know. I’m as clever as you are.

In fact, I long to speak to the Mighty One. I want to argue my case with God.

“Job, obey God and be at peace with him. Then he will help you succeed.

You will pray to him, and he will hear you. You will keep the promises you made to him.

But seek God with all your heart. Make your appeal to the Mighty One.

Commit your life to the Lord. Here is what he will do if you trust in him.

Call out to me when trouble comes. I will save you. And you will honor me.”

But Lord, you rule over all. You always judge fairly. You test people’s hearts and minds. So pay them back for what they’ve done. I’ve committed my cause to you.

That’s why I’m suffering the way I am. But this gives me no reason to be ashamed. That’s because I know who I have believed in. I am sure he is able to take care of what I have given him. I can trust him with it until the day he returns as judge.

People shouted at him and made fun of him. But he didn’t do the same thing back to them. When he suffered, he didn’t say he would make them suffer. Instead, he trusted in the God who judges fairly.

Here is what people who suffer because of God’s plan should do. They should commit themselves to their faithful Creator. And they should continue to do good.




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