⁷ If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

² To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

³ Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

¹² If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest `it'.

³⁵ or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?

¹⁰ `So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

² Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou `art';' My good `is' not for thine own sake;

¹⁴ yea, because, who `am' I, and who `are' my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee `is' the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee;