⁵ Look at the heavens and see;
gaze at the clouds high above you.
⁶ If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?
⁷ If you are righteous, what do you give him,
or what does he receive from your hand?^(A)
8 Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
and your righteousness, a son of man.^[a]

⁸ I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before me.^(A)