Elihu
spake
moreover, and said,
Thinkest
thou this to be right,
that thou saidst,
My righteousness
is more than God's?
For thou saidst,
What advantage
will it be unto thee? and, What profit
shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
I will answer
thee, and thy companions
with thee.
Look
unto the heavens,
and see;
and behold
the clouds
which are higher
than thou.
If thou sinnest,
what doest
thou against him? or if thy transgressions
be multiplied,
what doest
thou unto him?
If thou be righteous,
what givest
thou him? or what receiveth
he of thine hand?
Thy wickedness
may hurt a man
as thou art; and thy righteousness
may profit the son
of man.
By reason of the multitude
of oppressions
they make the oppressed to cry:
they cry out
by reason of the arm
of the mighty.
But none saith,
Where is God
my maker,
who giveth
songs
in the night;
Who teacheth
us more than the beasts
of the earth,
and maketh us wiser
than the fowls
of heaven?
There they cry,
but none giveth answer,
because
of the pride
of evil men.
Surely God
will not hear
vanity,
neither will the Almighty
regard
it.
Although
thou sayest
thou shalt not see
him, yet judgment
is before
him; therefore trust
thou in him.
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited
in his anger;
yet he knoweth
it not in great
extremity:
Therefore doth Job
open
his mouth
in vain;
he multiplieth
words
without
knowledge.
