For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];

Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

For you ask, “What does it profit You,
and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

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

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

"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,

Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.

He does not keep [the] wicked alive but grants justice [to the] afflicted.

He does not withdraw his eyes from [the] righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.

“Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;
And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Behold, God does loftily in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

After it, his voice roars; it thunders {with his majestic voice}, and he does not restrain it when his voice is heard.

"God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.

Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?

[As for] Shaddai, we cannot attain him; [he is] exalted [in] power, and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.

Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any {who think that they are wise}."

"In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

How is it, the way the light is distributed, and how does the east wind spread itself on the earth?

Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.

It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword.

He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither does he halt at the sound of the trumpet.

"Does [the] hawk soar by your wisdom? Does it spread its wings to [the] south?

Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high?

Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

Any hope of capturing him proves false.
Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?

Reaching it [with the] sword does not avail, [nor] [with the] spear, [the] dart, or [the] javelin.