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“Do you think this to be just?
Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
“Do you think this is just?
You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
that you ask, ‘What advantage have I?
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
I will answer you
and your friends with you.
and your friends with you.
“I would like to reply to you
and to your friends with you.
and to your friends with you.
Look at the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
Look up at the heavens and see;
gaze at the clouds so high above you.
gaze at the clouds so high above you.
If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
If you sin, how does that affect him?
If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
If you are righteous, what do you give to him,
or what does he receive from your hand?
or what does he receive from your hand?
Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
and your righteousness a son of man.
and your righteousness a son of man.
Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,
and your righteousness only other people.
and your righteousness only other people.
“People cry out under a load of oppression;
they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
who gives songs in the night,
But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
who gives songs in the night,
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
because of the pride of evil men.
He does not answer when people cry out
because of the arrogance of the wicked.
because of the arrogance of the wicked.
Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty regard it.
nor does the Almighty regard it.
Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
the Almighty pays no attention to it.
the Almighty pays no attention to it.
How much less when you say that you do not see him,
that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
How much less, then, will he listen
when you say that you do not see him,
that your case is before him
and you must wait for him,
when you say that you do not see him,
that your case is before him
and you must wait for him,