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‏ Job 13

Job Continues: Still I Will Hope in God

1 “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
my ear has heard and understood it.
2 ^aWhat you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 ^bBut I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to ^cargue my case with God.
4 As for you, ^dyou whitewash with lies;
^eworthless physicians are you all.
5 Oh that you would ^fkeep silent,
and it would be your wisdom!
6 Hear now my argument
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will you ^gspeak falsely for God
and speak ^hdeceitfully for him?
8 Will you show partiality toward him?
Will you ⁱplead the case for God?
9 Will it be well with you when he ^jsearches you out?
Or ^kcan you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
10 He will surely rebuke you
if in secret you show partiality.
11 Will not his ^lmajesty terrify you,
and the dread of him fall upon you?
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ^mashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
and let come on me what may.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
and ⁿput my life in my hand?
15 ^oThough he slay me, I will ^phope in him; ^{▼▼Or Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope}
yet I will ^rargue my ways to his face.
16 This will be my salvation,
that the godless shall not come before him.
17 ^sKeep listening to my words,
and let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Behold, I have ^tprepared my case;
I know that I shall be in the right.
19 ^uWho is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
20 Only grant me two things,
then I will not ^vhide myself from your face:
21 ^wwithdraw your hand far from me,
and let not ^xdread of you terrify me.
22 ^yThen call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
^zMake me know my transgression and my sin.
24 Why ^aado you hide your face
and ^abcount me as your enemy?
25 Will you frighten ^aca driven leaf
and pursue dry ^adchaff?
26 For you ^aewrite bitter things against me
and make me inherit ^afthe iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in ^agthe stocks
and ^ahwatch all my paths;
you set a limit for ^{▼▼Or you marked} the soles of my feet.
28 Man ^{▼▼Hebrew He} wastes away like ^aka rotten thing,
like a garment that is ^almoth-eaten.