Job 35 Elihu Speaks AgainIn response, Elihu said:

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