Job 22:12-20

New International Reader's Version

¹² “Isn’t God in the highest parts of heaven?
    See how high the highest stars are!
¹³ But you still say, ‘What does God know?
    Can he see through the darkest clouds to judge us?
¹⁴ He goes around in the highest heavens.
    Thick clouds keep him from seeing us.’
¹⁵ Will you stay on the old path
    that sinful people have walked on?
¹⁶ They were carried off even before they died.
    Their foundations were washed away by a flood.
¹⁷ They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can you do to us, you Mighty One?’
¹⁸ But he was the one who filled their houses with good things.
    So I don’t pay any attention to the plans of evil people.

¹⁹ “Those who do what is right are joyful
    when they see sinners destroyed.
    Those who haven’t done anything wrong make fun of them.
²⁰ They say, ‘Our enemies are completely destroyed.
    Fire has burned up their wealth.’