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Job, Chapter 13

¹ My ear has heard and understood it.

² “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
² “What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
³ “But I would speak to^athe Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.
⁴ “But you smear with lies;
You are all worthless physicians.
⁵ “O that you would be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!
⁶ “Please hear my argument
And listen to the contentions of my lips.
⁷ “Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
⁸ “Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
⁹ “Will it be well when He examines you?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
¹⁰ “He will surely reprove you
If you secretly show partiality.
¹¹ “Will not His^bmajesty terrify you,
And the dread of Him fall on you?
¹² “Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
¹³ “Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.
¹⁴ “Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my^chands?
¹⁵ “Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways^dbefore Him.
¹⁶ “This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before His presence.
¹⁷ “Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
¹⁸ “Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.
¹⁹ “Who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
²⁰ “Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide from Your face:
²¹ Remove Your^ehand from me,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.
²² “Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.
²³ “How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my^frebellion and my sin.
²⁴ “Why do You hide Your face
And consider me Your enemy?
²⁵ “Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry chaff?
²⁶ “For You write bitter things against me
And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
²⁷ “You put my feet in the stocks
And watch all my paths;
You^gset a limit for the soles of my feet,
²⁸ While^hI am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job 12:3

Job 13:22 Job 23:4 Job 13:15

Psa 119:69 Jer 23:32

Job 13:13 Job 21:5 Pro 17:28

Job 27:4

Lev 19:15 Pro 24:23

Job 12:16

Job 13:8 Job 32:21 Job 34:19

Job 23:7 Isa 12:1 Isa 12:2 Job 34:21-23

Job 23:4 Job 9:21 Job 10:7 Job 12:4

Isa 50:8 Job 7:21 Job 10:8

Job 9:34 Psa 39:10

Job 9:16 Job 14:15

Job 7:21

Psa 13:1 Psa 44:24 Psa 88:14 Isa 8:17 Job 19:11 Job 33:10 Lam 2:5


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