1. Elihu continued,
2. "Job, do you think it's fair for you to say, 'God will clear me of all charges'?
3. You ask him, 'What good is it for me not to sin? What do I get by not sinning?'
4. "I'd like to reply to you and to your friends who are with you.
5. Look up at the heavens. Observe the clouds that are high above you.
6. If you sin, what does that mean to God? If you sin many times, what does that do to him?
7. If you do what is right, how does that help him? What does he get from you?
8. The evil things you do only hurt someone like yourself. The right things you do only help other human beings.
9. "People cry out when they are beaten down. They beg to be set free from the power of those who are over them.
10. But no one says, 'Where is the God who made me? He gives us songs even during the night.