¹⁷ No, I will say my piece.
    I will speak my mind.

³ For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me?
    What’s the use of living a righteous life?’

⁴ “I will answer you
    and all your friends, too.

¹² “But you are wrong, and I will show you why.
    For God is greater than any human being.

¹⁰ So listen to me,
    and let me tell you what I think.