^14 (A)You have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?

⁹ For ^(A)he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
That he should delight in God.’

^17 (A)They said to God, ‘Depart from us!
What can the Almighty do to ^[a]them?’

^15 (A)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And ^(B)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’