Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

But you have said, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?

Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!

Surely it is an empty cry – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

“But wisdom – where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

“Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?