5. “Look at the heavens and see.Observe the clouds high above you.
6. If you’ve sinned, what effect can you have on God?If you’ve done many wrongs, what can you do to him?
7. If you’re righteous, what can you give him,or what can he get from you?
8. Your wickedness affects only someone like yourself.Your righteousness affects only the descendants of Adam.
9. The weight of oppression makes them cry out.The power of mighty people makes them call for help.
10. But no one asks,‘Where is God, my Creator,who inspires songs in the night,
11. who teaches us more than he teaches the animals of the earth,who makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’
12. Then they cry out, but he doesn’t answer thembecause of the arrogance of ⌊those⌋ evil people.