[1]And Elius resumed and said,[2]What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?[3]I will answer thee, and thy three friends.[4]Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above thee.[5]If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?[6]and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?[7]And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?[8]Thy ungodliness may affect a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.[9]They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.[10]But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;[11]who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?[12]There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.[13]For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.[14]He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is possible even now.[15]For he is not now regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.[16]Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
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Author: Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)
Source: ecmarsh.com