That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'
I will answer you, and your companions with you.
If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
You 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 the LORD of Armies?