For thou should not say, There shall be no visitation to a man, [whereas] visitation [is] to him from LORD.
That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? [And], What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before LORD of hosts?
Delight thyself also in LORD, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
When thou saw a thief, thou consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain [to him] that thou make thy ways perfect?
Why have we fasted, [they say], and thou see not? We have afflicted our soul, and thou take no knowledge. Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact from all your laborers.