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“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out.
    They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
    who gives songs in the night,
11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth,
    and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
12 There they cry, but no one answers,
    because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry,
    neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 How much less when you say you don’t see him.
    The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger,
    neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
16 therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk,
    and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

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“People cry out when they are oppressed.
    They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
10 Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator,
    the one who gives songs in the night?
11 Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals
    and wiser than the birds of the sky?’
12 And when they cry out, God does not answer
    because of their pride.
13 But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen,
    to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.
14 You say you can’t see him,
    but he will bring justice if you will only wait.[a]
15 You say he does not respond to sinners with anger
    and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.[b]
16 But you are talking nonsense, Job.
    You have spoken like a fool.”

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Footnotes

  1. 35:13-14 These verses can also be translated as follows: 13 Indeed, God doesn’t listen to their empty plea; / the Almighty is not concerned. / 14 How much less will he listen when you say you don’t see him, / and that your case is before him and you’re waiting for justice.
  2. 35:15 As in Greek and Latin versions; the meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.