²¹ “Present the case for your idols,”
    says the Lord.
“Let them show what they can do,”
    says the King of Israel.^[a]

³ If only I knew where to find God,
    I would go to his court.
⁴ I would lay out my case
    and present my arguments.

“Stand up and state your case against me.
    Let the mountains and hills be called to witness your complaints.
² And now, O mountains,
    listen to the Lord’s complaint!
He has a case against his people.
    He will bring charges against Israel.

³ Brace yourself like a man,
    because I have some questions for you,
    and you must answer them.

⁷ “Brace yourself like a man,
    because I have some questions for you,
    and you must answer them.

⁸ “Will you discredit my justice
    and condemn me just to prove you are right?
⁹ Are you as strong as God?
    Can you thunder with a voice like his?

³⁷ For I would tell him exactly what I have done.
    I would come before him like a prince.