Job 35

DouayRheims^{(i) 1} Moreover Eliu spoke these words: ² Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God? ³ For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin? ⁴ Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee. ⁵ Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee. ⁶ If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him? ⁷ And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand? ⁸ Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man. ⁹ By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants. ¹⁰ And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night? ¹¹ Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air. ¹² There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men. ¹³ God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one. ¹⁴ Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him. ¹⁵ For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly. ¹⁶ Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.