5 Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the  clouds, They have been higher than thou.
         
                                
                        6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy  transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
         
                                
                        7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or  what from thy hand doth He receive?
         
                                
                        8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son  of man thy righteousness.
         
                                
                        9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry  out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
         
                                
                        10 And none said, `Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in  the night,
         
                                
                        11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than  the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.`