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35 Then Elihu continued, saying:
2 Do you think it is just when you say,
“I am righteous before God”?
3 For you ask, “What does it profit you,C
and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”i
and your friends with you.
5 Look at the heavens and see;
gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him,
or what does he receive from your hand?j
8 Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
and your righteousness, a son of man.D
9 People cry out because of severe oppression;
they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.k
10 But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker,l
who provides us with songs in the night,m
11 who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”n
12 There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil people.o
13 Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,
and the Almighty does not take note of it—
14 how much less whenE you complainF
that you do not see him,
that your casea is before him
and you are waitingb for him.
15 But now, because God’s anger does not punish
and he does not pay attention to transgression,A
16 Job opens his mouth in vain
and multiplies words without knowledge.c
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