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15 See, he will kill me; I have no hope;[a]
    but I will defend my ways to his face.(A)

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  1. 13.15 Or Though he kill me, yet I will trust in him

15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(A) in him;(B)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(C)

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

20 whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

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20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

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Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a]
    I fear no evil,
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.(A)

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  1. 23.4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,[a](A)
I will fear no evil,(B)
    for you are with me;(C)
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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  1. Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

10 But he knows the way that I take;
    when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.(A)

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10 But he knows the way that I take;(A)
    when he has tested me,(B) I will come forth as gold.(C)

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32 The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
    but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.[a](A)

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  1. 14.32 Gk Syr: Heb in their death

32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(B)

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Far be it from me to say that you are right;
    until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.(A)

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I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(A)

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38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,(A) 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future,(A) nor any powers,(B) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God(C) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(D)

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  1. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers

“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?[a]
    Anyone who argues with God must respond.”(A)

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  1. 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

“Will the one who contends with the Almighty(A) correct him?(B)
    Let him who accuses God answer him!”(C)

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I would lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.(A)
I would learn what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No, but he would give heed to me.
There the upright could reason with him,
    and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(B)

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I would state my case(A) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.(B)
I would find out what he would answer me,(C)
    and consider what he would say to me.
Would he vigorously oppose me?(D)
    No, he would not press charges against me.(E)
There the upright(F) can establish their innocence before him,(G)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(H)

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25 For I know that my vindicator[a] lives
    and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;(A)
26 and after my skin has been destroyed,
    then in my flesh I shall see God,(B)
27 whom I shall see on my side,
    and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
    My heart faints within me!(C)
28 If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’
    and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’(D)

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  1. 19.25 Or redeemer

25 I know that my redeemer[a](A) lives,(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[c] in[d] my flesh I will see God;(C)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(D)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(E) within me!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(F) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[e]

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  1. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  2. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  3. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  4. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
  5. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me

18 I have indeed prepared my case;
    I know that I shall be vindicated.

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18 Now that I have prepared my case,(A)
    I know I will be vindicated.(B)

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Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(A)

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“Would you discredit my justice?(A)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(B)

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21 that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God,
    as[a] one does for a neighbor.(A)

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  1. 16.21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and

21 on behalf of a man he pleads(A) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

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