Job 35:9 says, By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.  Elihu now addresses Job's complaint that God does not hear the cries and complaints of the poor and suffering, those who are oppressed in the world.  Matthew Henry says that people feel that God does not hear their cries, or their prayers because they are not crying out in repentance.  They simply want God to show His blessing on them, when spiritually they are no better than their oppressors.  People too often look to God for only material reasons, and when they do they feel that God is not answering them.  We must maintain our faith in God no matter what.  If we are oppressed by the world, we must never allow that oppression to make us feel that God does not hear us.  In verse ten, Elihu states, But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;  I believe that Elihu was continuing to explain the problem with people who were oppressed feeling that God did not answer them, as Job had claimed in his life.  People were not really looking to God acknowledging that He would always be with those who truly believed in Him, but were only looking to Him to get them out of their current situation.  They were not acknowledging God for Who He is, the Creator and Sustainer of life.  Verse eleven asks, Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?  I believe that Elihu was asking what separates us from the rest of the animals of the world, and the implied answer would be our spiritual relationship with God.  Though there may be people today who want to elevate the status of other animals to the point of being equal with people, they will never be.  Who makes us wiser than the fowl of heaven?  God does, because He breathed His Spirit into people alone, and not all animals.  Verse twelve says, There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.   Elihu said that people suffered because of the pride of evil men.  If all people lived under the leadership of God, I do not believe that some would live a life of opulence while others starved.  Too often when they poor and suffering cry out, they are either ignored or despised.  Verse thirteen declares, Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.  Elihu said that God would not hear vanity, or empty words that meant nothing.  When we pray, the first thing we must acknowledge is that God is never going to be unjust in His treatment of people.  I believe that this even applies to the prayers for those who treat us unfairly or even actively persecute us.  I do not believe that we can ask God to forgive our sins and punish those of others and expect Him to do so.  Verse fourteen says, Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.  I believe that this is a truth that every person must acknowledge.  No matter how much people may declare that there is no God or even as His followers that we do not feel that He is treating us fairly, God will always be the ultimate judge of each individual.  Verse fifteen says, But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:  Elihu said that due to Job's lack of trust in God during his suffering that he felt that God was angry with him.  We must continue to put our faith in God's love and forgiveness of us, no matter what may be happening in the world.  If we don't, then we are guilty of sinning against God, and though God will not punish us in great extremity, which would be to allow us to be eternally separated from Him, He will not hear our empty prayers.   In verse sixteen, Elihu says, Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.  Elihu said that since Job was speaking without putting his faith in God to deal with him justly no matter what that Job was speaking a multitude of words without knowledge.  Even if we feel that we are being unfairly treated in life, we can never accuse God of treating us that way.  We must put our trust in God no matter what is happening in our lives.