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35:1  Then Elihu continued his speech, saying:
35:2  “Do you think that you can defend your uprightness by claiming that you are just before God?
35:3  For you said: ‘What does it mean to you? Or what would you gain if I sinned?’
35:4  I will provide an answer for you and your three friends as well.
35:5  “Look up to the skies and see; observe the clouds towering above you.
35:6  If you sin, how can that affect God? And if your offenses are multiplied, how do you hurt him?
35:7  If you are righteous, what do you give him? What does he receive from your hand?
35:8  Your wickedness affects only someone like you, and your righteousness affects only your fellow men.
35:9  “People cry out under the weight of oppression; they cry for help against the power of the mighty.
35:10  But not one of them asks, ‘Where is God, my Maker, who protects me during the night,
35:11  who gave us greater intelligence than the animals of the earth and made us wiser than the birds of the air?’
35:12  Although they cry out, God does not answer because of the pride of the wicked.
35:13  “But it is foolish to say that God does not hear or that the Almighty does not pay attention.
35:14  Even though you do not see him, he is aware of your plight, and you must wait for his decision.
35:15  But now, because God does not grow angry and punish and because he allows transgressions to go unheeded,
35:16  Job gives vent to his anger with empty talk and babbles a stream of utter nonsense.”