35:2 “Do you think this to be 1 just:
when 2 you say, ‘My right before God.’ 3
35:3 But you say, ‘What will it profit you,’ 4
and, ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’ 5
35:4 I 6 will reply to you, 7
and to your friends with you.
35:5 Gaze at the heavens and see;
consider the clouds, which are higher than you! 8
35:6 If you sin, how does it affect God? 9
If your transgressions are many,
what does it do to him? 10
35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to God,
or what does he receive from your hand?
35:8 Your wickedness affects only 11 a person like yourself,
and your righteousness only other people. 12