Job:35

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* Moreover Elihu answered and said , * Do you think this to be [your ] right , [Or ] do you say , My righteousness is more than God 's , * That you say , What advantage will it be to you ? [And ], What profit shall I have , more than if I had sinned ? * I will answer you , And your companions with you . * Look to the heavens , and see ; And look at the skies , which are higher than you . * If you have sinned , what effect do you have against him ? And if your transgressions are multiplied , what do you do to him ? * If you are righteous , what do you give him ? Or what does he receive of your hand ? * Your wickedness [may hurt ] a man as you are ; And your righteousness [may profit ] a son of man . * By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out ; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty . * But none says , Where is God my Maker , 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 ? * There they cry , but none gives answer , Because of the pride of evil men . * Surely God will not hear an empty [cry ], Neither will the Almighty regard it . * How much less when you say you don 't see him , The cause is before him , and you wait for him ! * But now , because he has not visited in his anger , Neither does he greatly regard foolishness ; * Therefore Job opens his mouth in vanity ; He multiplies words without knowledge .

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