What pleasure(A) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(B)
    What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(C)

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If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(A)
    or what does he receive(B) from your hand?(C)

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I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;(A)
    apart from you I have no good thing.”(B)

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30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)

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12 All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20

35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(A) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(A) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(B)

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11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

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