9  “Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out;

they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.¹

10  But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker,

who gives songs in the ^lnight,

11  who teaches us ^mmore than the beasts of the earth

and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

12  There they cry out, but he does not answer,

because of the pride of evil men.

13  Surely God does not hear an empty cry,

nor does the Almighty regard it.

14  ⁿHow much less when you say that ^oyou do not see him,

that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

15  And now, because his anger does not punish,

and he does not take much note of transgression,²

16  Job opens his mouth in empty talk;

he ^pmultiplies words ^qwithout knowledge.”