| 13:1: "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. |
| 13:2: What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you. |
| 13:3: "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God. |
| 13:4: But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. |
| 13:5: Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise. |
| 13:6: Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips. |
| 13:7: Will you speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him? |
| 13:8: Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God? |
| 13:9: Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him? |
| 13:10: He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality. |
| 13:11: Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you? |
| 13:12: Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. |
| 13:13: "Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will. |
| 13:14: Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? |
| 13:15: Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him. |
| 13:16: This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him. |
| 13:17: Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears. |
| 13:18: See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous. |
| 13:19: Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit. |
| 13:20: "Only don't do two things to me; Then I will not hide myself from your face: |
| 13:21: Withdraw your hand far from me; And don't let your terror make me afraid. |
| 13:22: Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and you answer me. |
| 13:23: How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin. |
| 13:24: Why hide you your face, And hold me for your enemy? |
| 13:25: Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? |
| 13:26: For you write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth: |
| 13:27: You also put my feet in the stocks, And mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet: |
| 13:28: Though I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. |
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