Job 35:8

It seems as if Job had forgotten the reason for his good deeds (Job 29:12-17). Job did these things because he was a servant of God (Job 1:8). A servant carries out his master’s work. And Job was doing God’s work.

Every Christian should do good deeds, because we are servants of God (James 1:1).

We should do the things that God wants us to do (James 2:14-19).

Nobody who helps other people is wasting their time. But somebody who does evil things causes other people to suffer.

Evil people complain, but they do not respect God

v9 People suffer greatly. They cry for help when their rulers are cruel. v10 But nobody calls to God, although:

• God made us all;

• God gives us songs that comfort us at the saddest times;

• v11 God teaches us more than the animals;

• God made us to be wiser than the birds.

v12 But God does not answer the cries of such people because they are proud and evil. v13 God does not listen to the hopeless cries of these people.