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