¹² If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
    if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

² “Can a man be of benefit to God?^(A)
    Can even a wise person benefit him?^(B)
3 What pleasure^(C) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?^(D)
    What would he gain if your ways were blameless?^(E)

²¹ “Submit to God and be at peace^(A) with him;^(B)
    in this way prosperity will come to you.^(C)

²² Now stop your mocking,^(A)
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed^(B) against the whole land.^(C)

²⁶ The appetite of laborers works for them;
    their hunger drives them on.

⁶ If you sin, how does that affect him?
    If your sins are many, what does that do to him?^(A)
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him,^(B)
    or what does he receive^(C) from your hand?^(D)