3 For you ask, ‘What will it profit you?’ and ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’
4 I will answer you, and your friends with you.
5 Look up at the heavens and see; consider the clouds so high above you.
6 If you sin, how does it affect Him? If your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man.
9 “Because of a multitude of oppressions, they cry out; they cry for help because of the power of the mighty.