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14 I will put myself in danger
    and take my life in my own hands.
15 He will kill me. I have no hope.[a]
    But I still will defend my ways to his face.
16 This might really save me,
    because a wicked man would not be brave enough to come before him.

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  1. 13:15 He . . . hope. Or “Even if God kills me, I will still put my hope in him.”

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

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  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will