2  ^f“Do you think this to be just?

Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’

3  that you ask, ^g‘What advantage have I?

How am I better off than if I had sinned?’

4  I will answer you

and your friends with you.

5  Look at the heavens, and see;

and behold the clouds, which are ^hhigher than you.

6  ⁱIf you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?

And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

7  ^jIf you are righteous, what do you give to him?

Or what does he receive from your hand?

8  Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,

and your righteousness a ^kson of man.