Chapter 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered ,
2 "Do you think this to be your right , or do you say, ‘ My righteousness is more than God’s,’
3 that you ask, ‘ What advantage will it be to you ? What profit will I have , more than if I had sinned ?’
4 I will answer you , and your companions with you .
5 Look to the skies , and see . See the skies , which are higher than you .
6 If you have sinned , what effect do you have against him ? If your transgressions are multiplied , what do you do to him ?
7 If you are righteous , what do you give him ? Or what does he receive from your hand ?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are , and your righteousness may profit a son of man .
9 " By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out . They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty .
10 But no one says, ‘ Where is God my Maker , who gives songs in the night ,
11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth , and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky ?’
12 There they cry , but no one answers , because of the pride of evil men .
13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it .
14 How much less when you say you don’t see him . The cause is before him , and you wait for him !
15 But now , because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
16 therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk , and he multiplies words without knowledge ."