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Moreover Elihu answered and said

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Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before G-d'

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That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

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I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee

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Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou

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If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him

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If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand

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Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man

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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty

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But none saith: 'Where is G-d my Maker, who giveth songs in the night

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Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men

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Surely G-d will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it

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Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him--the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him

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And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance

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But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge