Job 35:9-16

Christian Standard Bible

⁹ People cry out because of severe oppression;
they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.^(A)
10 But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker,^(B)
who provides us with songs in the night,^(C)
11 who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?” ^(D)
12 There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil people.^(E)
13 Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,
and the Almighty does not take note of it—
¹⁴ how much less when^[a] you complain^[b]
that you do not see him,
that your case^(F) is before him
and you are waiting^(G) for him.
¹⁵ But now, because God’s anger does not punish
and he does not pay attention to transgression,^[c]
16 Job opens his mouth in vain
and multiplies words without knowledge.^(H)