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accused of trusting

Job 35:1-16 (JDV)

Job 35:1 Then Elihu continued and said:
Job 35:2 Do you think it is fair when you say, “I am righteous before God”?
Job 35:3 Because you ask, “What does it profit you, and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”
Job 35:4 I will answer you and your friends with you.
Job 35:5 Look at the sky and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
Job 35:6 If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?
Job 35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand?
Job 35:8 Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness, a son of Adam.
Job 35:9 People cry out because of severe oppression; they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.
Job 35:10 But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker, who provides us with songs in the night,
Job 35:11 who gives us more understanding than the animals of the land and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”
Job 35:12 There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil people.
Job 35:13 Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not take note of it —
Job 35:14 how much less when you complain that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and you are waiting for him.
Job 35:15 But now, because God’s anger does not punish and he does not pay attention to transgression,
Job 35:16 Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words unknowingly.

accused of trusting

Elihu accused Job of trusting God and waiting on him for an answer. May we all be guilty of that crime!