But no one says, 'Where [is] God my Maker, [who] gives songs in the night,

[who] teaches us more than [the] animals of [the] earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'

Moreover, Elihu {spoke up} and said,

If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

"Because of [the] multitude of oppressions, they cry out; they cry for help because of [the] arm of [the] mighty.

"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?

"Look at [the] heavens, and see; and observe [the] clouds [that] are higher than you.

If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And [if] your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}.

{therefore} Job opens his mouth in empty talk-- without knowledge he multiplies words."

Your wickedness [affects] a person like yourself, and your righteousness [affects] humans.

{How much less} [when] you say [that] you do not see him, that [the] case [is] {before him}, and you are waiting for him!

"Surely God does not hear an empty plea, and Shaddai does not regard it.

But now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not acknowledge the transgression at all,

If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit {by refraining from my sin}?'

I myself {will give answer to you} and [to] your friends with you.