For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before
Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my afflict