“I would like to reply to you
    and to your friends with you.
Look up at the heavens(A) and see;
    gaze at the clouds so high above you.(B)
If you sin, how does that affect him?
    If your sins are many, what does that do to him?(C)
If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(D)
    or what does he receive(E) from your hand?(F)
Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,(G)
    and your righteousness only other people.(H)

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I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

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

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

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