8 Job, the good and bad things you do affect only other people like yourself.
9 “If people are being hurt, they cry out and beg for protection from those who hurt them.
10 But they forget to say, ‘Where is God, the one who made me? He is the one who gives us songs to sing in the night.
11 He is the one who makes us smarter than any animal on earth and wiser than any bird.’
12 “Or if evil people ask God for help, he will not answer them, because they are too proud.
13 God will not listen to their worthless begging. God All-Powerful will not pay attention to them.
14 So, Job, God will not listen to you when you say that you don’t see him. You say you are waiting for your chance to meet with him and prove that you are innocent.