2. Do you think it right?You say, "I’m more just than God."
3. Yet you ask, "What does it benefit you?What have I gained by avoiding sin?"
4. I’ll answer you,and your friends along with you.
5. Look at the heavens and see;scan the clouds high over you.
6. If you’ve sinned, how have you affected God?Your offenses have multiplied;what have you done to him?
7. If you are righteous,what do you give to him?Or what does he receive from your hand?
8. Your evil affects others like you,and your righteousness affects fellow human beings.
9. People cry out because of heavy oppression;shout under the power of the mighty.
10. But no one says, "Where is God my maker;who gives songs in the night;