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¹ Moreover Elihu answered and said,² Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,³ That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?⁴ I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.⁵ Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.⁶ If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him.⁷ If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?⁸ Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy 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 none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;¹¹ Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?¹² There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.¹³ Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

¹⁴ How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, the cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!¹⁵ But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;¹⁶ Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.