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?
