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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.