12Job answered:H347H6030H5592"I'm sure you speak for all the experts, and when you die there'll be no one left to tell us how to live.H551H5971H2451H41913But don't forget that I also have a brain— I don't intend to play second fiddle to you. It doesn't take an expert to know these things.H1571H3824H5307H36444"I'm ridiculed by my friends: 'So that's the man who had conversations with God!' Ridiculed without mercy: 'Look at the man who never did wrong!'H7814H7453H7121H433H6030H6662H8549H78145It's easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame, for the well-fixed to pour scorn on the strugglers.H3559H4571H7272H3940H937H6248H76006Crooks reside safely in high-security houses, insolent blasphemers live in luxury; they've bought and paid for a god who'll protect them.H168H7703H7951H7264H410H987H3027H433H9357"But ask the animals what they think—let them teach you; let the birds tell you what's going on.H199H7592H929H3384H5775H8064H50468Put your ear to the earth—learn the basics. Listen—the fish in the ocean will tell you their stories.H7878H776H3384H1709H3220H56089Isn't it clear that they all know and agree that GOD is sovereign, that he holds all things in his hand—H3045H3027H3068H621310Every living soul, yes, every breathing creature?H3027H5315H2416H7307H376H132011Isn't this all just common sense, as common as the sense of taste?H241H974H4405H2441H2938H40012Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom, that you have to grow old before you understand life?H3453H2451H753H3117H8394
From God We Learn How to Live
13"True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for.H2451H1369H6098H839414If he tears something down, it's down for good; if he locks people up, they're locked up for good.H2040H1129H5462H376H660515If he holds back the rain, there's a drought; if he lets it loose, there's a flood.H6113H4325H3001H7971H2015H77616Strength and success belong to God; both deceived and deceiver must answer to him.H5797H8454H7683H768617He strips experts of their vaunted credentials, exposes judges as witless fools.H3212H3289H7758H8199H198418He divests kings of their royal garments, then ties a rag around their waists.H6605H4148H4428H631H4975H23219He strips priests of their robes, and fires high officials from their jobs.H3212H3548H7758H5557H38620He forces trusted sages to keep silence, deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom.H5493H8193H539H3947H2940H220521He dumps contempt on famous people, disarms the strong and mighty.H8210H937H5081H7503H4206H65022He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness, hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun.H1540H6013H2822H3318H216H675723He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others.H7679H1471H6H7849H1471H514824He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no man's land.H5493H3820H7218H5971H776H8582H8414H187025They grope in the dark without a clue, lurching and staggering like drunks.H4959H2822H216H8582H7910
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