"People cry out when they are oppressed.They groan beneath the power of the mighty."Yet they don't ask, 'Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?'And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride.But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen,To say the Almighty isn't concern...  Read More

Then Elihu said:"Do you think it is right for you to claim, 'I am righteous before God'?For you also ask, 'What's in it for me?What's the use of living a righteous life?'"I will answer you and all your friends, too.Look up into the sky, and see the clouds high above you.If you sin, how does that affect God?Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?If you are good, is this so...  Read More

So listen to me, you men of understanding.Far be it from God to do evil, for the Almighty to do wrong.He repays everyone for what they have done; He brings on them what their conduct deserves.It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.Who appointed him over the earth? Who put him in charge of the whole world?If it were his intention and he withdrew his spiri...  Read More

But you have said in my hearing -- I heard the very words -- 'I am pure, I have done no wrong.I am clean and free from sin.Yet God has found fault with me;He considers me his enemy…'But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one's words?For God does speak -- now one way, now another -- though no one perceives it.I...  Read More

(Oh, that I had someone to hear me!I sign now my defense -- let the Almighty answer me;Let my accuser put his indictment in writing.Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.I would give him an account of my every step;I would present it to him as to a ruler.) Job 31:35-37  Job was at a point in his suffering when he desperately needed to hear from God!He felt innocent ...  Read More

If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,What will I do when God confronts me?What will I answer when called to account?Did not he who made me in the womb make them?Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary;If I have kept my bread to myself...  Read More