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“Do you think this is right?
Do you say,
‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
Do you say,
‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
“Do you think this is just?
You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
For you say,
‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’
‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’
“I will answer you,
And your companions with you.
And your companions with you.
“I would like to reply to you
and to your friends with you.
and to your friends with you.
Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the clouds —
They are higher than you.
And behold the clouds —
They 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 sin, what do you accomplish against Him?
Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?
Or, 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 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 affects a man such as you,
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.
“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
“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 no one 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 heaven?’
And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’
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 will not listen to empty talk,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
Nor will 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.
Although you say you do not see Him,
Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.
Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait 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,
And now, because He has not punished in His anger,
Nor taken much notice of folly,
Nor taken much notice of folly,