It is because they did not call on God
1Elihu continued and said: 2Do you presume you are right
and innocent before God,
3when you say, “What is it to you,
am I doing you harm with my sins?”
4I will answer you and your friends as well.
5Look up to the sky and see,
gaze at the clouds above.
6If you sin, what is that for God?
Do your many offenses hurt him?
7If you are just, what do you give him?
or what does he receive from your hand?
8It’s a man like yourself that your sin touches,
a son of man that your justice affects.
9Men cry out when greatly oppressed;
they plead for relief under the tyrant’s reign.
10But no one says, “Where is God, my Maker,
whose songs of jubilation are heard in the night,
11who teaches us through the beasts of the earth,
who makes us wise through the birds of the air?”
12This is why he does not answer when they cry out:
because of man’s arrogance.
13In vain! God does not listen,
the Almighty takes no heed of it.
14How much less then will he listen
when you say you do not see him and wait,
for your case is before him!
15And you say that though he is angry
he does not know how to punish
for he has taken no notice of wickedness.
16So Job opens his mouth in empty talk,
without knowledge he multiplies words.
