14 Thick clouds hide us from his eyes, so he cannot see us as he walks around the edge of the sky.’
15 “Job, you are walking on the old path that evil people walked on long ago.
16 They were destroyed before it was their time to die. They were washed away by the flood.
17 They told God, ‘Leave us alone!’ and said, ‘God All-Powerful cannot do anything to us!’
18 And it was God who filled their houses with good things. No, I would never follow the advice of evil people.
19 Those who do what is right are happy to see them destroyed. The innocent laugh at them and say,
20 ‘Surely our enemies are destroyed! Their wealth burned up in the fire!’