3 Does God distort justice,or does the Almighty distort righteousness?
4 If your children sinned against him,he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness.
5 If you search for Godand plead for mercy from the Almighty,
6 if you are moral and ethical,then he will rise up on your behalfand prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home.
7 Then what you had in the past will seem smallcompared with the great prosperity you’ll have in the future.
8 “Ask the people of past generations.Find out what their ancestors had learned.
9 We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing.Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow.