Job 35

vayya'an elihu vayyomar

Elihu said in reply:

hazot khashavta lemishpat amarta tsidqi me'el

Do you think it just To say, “I am right against God”?

ki-tomar mah-yyiskon-lakh mah-o'il mekhattati

If you ask how it benefits you, “What have I gained from not sinning?”

ani ashivekha millin ve'et-re'ekha immakh

I shall give you a reply, You, along with your friends.

habbet shamayim ure'eh veshur shekhaqim govhu mimmekka

Behold the heavens and see; Look at the skies high above you.

im-khatata mah-ttifol-bo verabbu fesha'ekha mah-tta'aseh-llo

If you sin, what do you do to [God]? If your transgressions are many, How do you affect [God]?

im-tsadaqta mah-ttitten-lo o mah-mmiyyadekha yiqqakh

If you are righteous, What do you offer; What does [God] receive from your hand?

le'ish-kamokha rishekha uleven-adam tsidqatekha

Your wickedness affects parties like yourself; Your righteousness, other people.

merov ashuqim yaziqu yeshavve'u mizzeroa rabbim

Because of contention the oppressed cry out; They shout because of the power of the great.

velo-amar ayyeh eloah osay noten zemirot ballayelah

But none says, “Where is my God, my Maker, Who gives strength in the night;

mallefenu mibbahamot arets ume'of hashamayim yekhakkemenu

Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, Makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”

sham yitsaqu velo ya'aneh mippene ge'on ra'im

Then they cry out, but they are not answered Because of the arrogance of evildoers.

akh-shav lo-yishma el veshadday lo yeshurennah

Surely it is false that God does not listen, That Shaddai does not take note of it.

af ki-tomar lo teshurennu din lefanayw utekholel lo

Though you say, “You do not take note of it,” The case is before [God]; So you must wait.

ve'attah ki-ayin paqad appo velo-yada bappash me'od

But since now it does not seem so, He vents his anger; He does not realize that it may be long drawn out.

ve'iyyov hevel yiftseh-ppihu bivli-da'at millin yakhbir

Hence Job mouths empty words, And piles up words without knowledge.