Job 35:3

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that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’

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For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.’

You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’

If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.

If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee?

I will answer you and your friends with you.