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13 Accept the way God does things,
    for who can straighten what he has made crooked?

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15 What is wrong cannot be made right.
    What is missing cannot be recovered.

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14 What he destroys cannot be rebuilt.
    When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.

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12 They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties—
    lyre and harp, tambourine and flute—
but they never think about the Lord
    or notice what he is doing.

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11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God,[a] for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Or we have become God’s inheritance.

27 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken—
    who can change his plans?
When his hand is raised,
    who can stop him?”

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11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.

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19 Well then, you might say, “Why does God blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simply done what he makes them do?”

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15 For God said to Moses,

“I will show mercy to anyone I choose,
    and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:15 Exod 33:19.

10 Only I can tell you the future
    before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
    for I do whatever I wish.
11 I will call a swift bird of prey from the east—
    a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding.
I have said what I would do,
    and I will do it.

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13 “From eternity to eternity I am God.
    No one can snatch anyone out of my hand.
    No one can undo what I have done.”

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43 Those who are wise will take all this to heart;
    they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.

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14 “Pay attention to this, Job.
    Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!

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35 All the people of the earth
    are nothing compared to him.
He does as he pleases
    among the angels of heaven
    and among the people of the earth.
No one can stop him or say to him,
    ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’

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When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
    the moon and the stars you set in place—

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29 But if he chooses to remain quiet,
    who can criticize him?
When he hides his face, no one can find him,
    whether an individual or a nation.

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10 If God comes and puts a person in prison
    or calls the court to order, who can stop him?

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12 If he snatches someone in death, who can stop him?
    Who dares to ask, ‘What are you doing?’

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