2 "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?
5 Isn`t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You haven`t given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
