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You say, ‘I am in the right,g not God.’h
3 Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,a
and what do I gain by not sinning?’i
4 “I would like to reply to you
and to your friends with you.
5 Look up at the heavensj and see;
gaze at the clouds so high above you.k
6 If you sin, how does that affect him?
If your sins are many, what does that do to him?l
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him,m
or what does he receiven from your hand?o
8 Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,p
and your righteousness only other people.q
9 “People cry outr under a load of oppression;s
they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.t
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,u
who gives songsv in the night,w
11 who teachesx usy more than he teachesb the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser thanc the birds in the sky?’
12 He does not answerz when people cry out
because of the arrogancea of the wicked.b
13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
the Almighty pays no attention to it.c
14 How much less, then, will he listen
when you say that you do not see him,d
that your casee is before him
and you must wait for him,f
15 and further, that his anger never punishesg
and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.d h
16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;i
without knowledge he multiplies words.”j
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