[1] Then Elihu continued and said, [2] “Do you think this is in accordance with justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’? [3] “For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What benefit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’ [4] “I will answer you, And your friends with you. [5] “Look at the heavens and see; And look at the clouds—they are higher than you. [6] “If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your wrongdoings are many, what do you do to Him? [7] “If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand? [8] “Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man. [9] “Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because 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 out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil people. [13] “God certainly will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it. [14] “How much less when you say you do not look at Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him! [15] “And now, because He has not avenged His anger, Nor has He acknowledged wrongdoing well, [16] So Job opens his mouth with empty words; He multiplies words without knowledge.”
