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35:1  In response, Elihu said:
35:2  "Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, 'I'm more righteous than God?'
35:3  After all, you've asked what your benefit will be: 'What will I profit from refraining from sin?'
35:4  I'm going to respond to that statement, and to your friends with you."
35:5  "Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?
35:6  If you sin, what will that do to harm him? If you add transgression to transgression what will it do to him?
35:7  If you are righteous, what will you add to him? What can God receive from your efforts?
35:8  Your wickedness affects only yourself; and your righteousness, only human beings.
35:9  "They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them.
35:10  He never asks, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,
35:11  who teaches us more than the earth's wild animals, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
35:12  "They cry out there, but he doesn't answer because of the arrogance of those who practice evil.
35:13  Theirs is a useless plea— God won't listen; the Almighty won't pay any attention.
35:14  Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.
35:15  "So now, if he doesn't inflict punishment in his anger, then he doesn't keep track of your many transgressions.
35:16  When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness; he added words upon words without knowing anything."