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¹ "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. ² What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you. ³ "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God. ⁴ But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. ⁵ Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise. ⁶ Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips. ⁷ Will you speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him? ⁸ Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God? ⁹ Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him? ¹⁰ He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality. ¹¹ Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you? ¹² Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

¹³ "Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will. ¹⁴ Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? ¹⁵ Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him. ¹⁶ This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him. ¹⁷ Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears. ¹⁸ See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous. ¹⁹ Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit. ²⁰ "Only don't do two things to me; Then I will not hide myself from your face: ²¹ Withdraw your hand far from me; And don't let your terror make me afraid. ²² Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and you answer me.

²³ How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin. ²⁴ Why hide you your face, And hold me for your enemy? ²⁵ Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? ²⁶ For you write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth: ²⁷ You also put my feet in the stocks, And mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet: ²⁸ Though I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.