Job 35 — TOJB

35Verse 1Elihu spoke moreover, and said:^{Verse 2}Thinkest thou this to be mishpat (right, just), that thou saidst:
Tzidki meEl (I am cleared, in the right, justified before G-d)?
^{Verse 3}Ki (yet) thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?
and, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?^{+
Verse 4}I will answer thee,
and thy companions with thee.
^{Verse 5}Look unto Shomayim, and see;
and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
^{Verse 6}If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him?
Or if thy peysha'im be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
^{Verse 7}If thou be tzaddik (righteous), what givest thou Him?
Or what receiveth He of thine yad?
^{Verse 8}Thy resha (wickedness) may hurt an ish as thou art;
and thy tzedek may profit the ben adam.
^{Verse 9}They cry out under a load of oppression;
they plead for relief from the zero'a of the rabbim.
^{Verse 10}But none saith, Where is Eloah Osai (G-d my Maker),
Who giveth zemirot balailah (songs in the night);
^{Verse 11}Who teacheth us more than the behamot eretz,
and maketh us wiser than the oph HaShomayim?
^{Verse 12}There they cry out, but none giveth answer,
because of the ga'on (pride, arrogance) of ra'im (wicked men).
^{Verse 13}Surely El will not hear shav (vanity),
neither will Shaddai regard it.
^{Verse 14}Although thou sayest thou cannot see Him,
yet Din (the court case) is before Him;
therefore trust thou, waiting for Him,
^{Verse 15}though ye say His anger does not pakad (visit, punish) anything
and that He does not regard wickedness much;
^{Verse 16}Therefore doth Iyov open his mouth hevel (in vain);
he multiplieth words without da'as.