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35:1  Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
35:2  Thinkest thou this to be mishpat (right, just), that thou saidst, Tzidki meEl (I am cleared, in the right, justified before G-d)?
35:3  Ki (yet) thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned [see 9:22]?
35:4  I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
35:5  Look unto Shomayim, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
35:6  If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? Or if thy peysha’im be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
35:7  If thou be tzaddik (righteous), what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thine yad?
35:8  Thy resha (wickedness) may hurt an ish as thou art; and thy tzedek may profit the ben adam.
35:9  They cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the zero’a of the rabbim.
35:10  But none saith, Where is Eloah Osai (G-d my Maker), Who giveth zemirot balailah (songs in the night);
35:11  Who teacheth us more than the behamot eretz, and maketh us wiser than the oph HaShomayim?
35:12  There they cry out, but none giveth answer, because of the ga’on (pride, arrogance) of ra’im (wicked men).
35:13  Surely El will not hear shav (vanity), neither will Shaddai regard it.
35:14  Although thou sayest thou cannot see Him, yet Din (the court case) is before Him; therefore trust thou, waiting for Him,
35:15  though ye say His anger does not pakad (visit, punish) anything and that He does not regard wickedness much;
35:16  Therefore doth Iyov open his mouth hevel (in vain); he multiplieth words without da’as.