Job 35:9-16

Living Bible

^9-10 The oppressed may shriek beneath their wrongs and groan beneath the power of the rich; yet none of them cry to God, asking, ‘Where is God my Maker who gives songs in the night ¹¹ and makes us a little wiser than the animals and birds?’

¹² “But when anyone does cry out this question to him, he never replies by instant punishment of the tyrants.^{[a] 13} But it is false to say he doesn’t hear those cries; ^14-15 and it is even more false to say that he doesn’t see what is going on. He does bring about justice at last if you will only wait. But do you cry out against him because he does not instantly respond in anger? ¹⁶ Job, you have spoken like a fool.”