⁴ “I have become a laughingstock^(A) to my friends,^(B)
    though I called on God and he answered^(C)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(D)

² What you know, I also know;
    I am not inferior to you.^(A)
3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty^(B)
    and to argue my case with God.^(C)

¹³ “Keep silent^(A) and let me speak;^(B)
    then let come to me what may.^(C)
14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
    and take my life in my hands?^(D)
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope^(E) in him;^(F)
    I will surely^[a] defend my ways to his face.^(G)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,^(H)
    for no godless^(I) person would dare come before him!^(J)