35:1 And Elihu answered and said: 35:2 "Do you think this to be just Do you say, 'It is my right before God,' 35:3 that you ask, 'What advantage have I How am I better off than if I had sinned' 35:4 I will answer you and your friends with you. 35:5 Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you. 35:6 If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him 35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him Or what does he receive from your hand 35:8 Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man. 35:9 "Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty. 35:10 But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, 35:11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens' 35:12 There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. 35:13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it. 35:14 How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him! 35:15 And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression, 35:16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge."