Job 35 — ULB

35Verse 1Moreover Elihu continued, saying,^{Verse 2}“Do you think this is just
when you say, 'My right before God'?
^{Verse 3}For you ask, 'What use is it to me?'
and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
^{Verse 4}I will answer you,
both you and your friends.
^{Verse 5}Look up at the sky, and see it;
see the sky, which is higher than you.
^{Verse 6}If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God?
If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
^{Verse 7}If you are righteous, what can you give to him?
What will he receive from your hand?
^{Verse 8}Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man,
and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
^{Verse 9}Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out;
they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
^{Verse 10}But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
^{Verse 11}who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth,
and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
^{Verse 12}There they cry out, but God gives no answer
because of the pride of evil men.
^{Verse 13}God will certainly not hear a foolish cry;
the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
^{Verse 14}How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him,
that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!
^{Verse 15}Now you say that his anger does not punish,
and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
^{Verse 16}So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness;
he piles up words without knowledge.”