If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

And these three men cease from answering Job, for he is righteous in his own eyes,

Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

For Job hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,