It is all one; therefore I have said, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.

If the scourge slays suddenly, He mocks at the despair of the innocent.

If I wash myself with snow water, and cleanse my hands with soap,

yet You will plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes would abhor me.

Yet they say to the Mighty God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Behold, their goodness is not in their hand! The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

They said to the Mighty God, Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to them?

For you say, What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

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 as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?

Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?

Delight yourself also in Jehovah, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.