¹⁸ “Behold now, I have ^(A)prepared my case;
I know that ^(B)I will be vindicated.

⁶ Know then that ^(A)God has wronged me
And has closed ^(B)His net around me.

⁵ “Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I die ^(A)I will not put away my integrity from me.
⁶ “I ^(B)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.

⁵ “For Job has said, ‘^(A)I am righteous,
But ^(B)God has taken away my right;

² “I know that ^(A)You can do all things,
And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
³ ‘Who is this that ^(B)hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things ^(C)too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”
⁴ ‘Hear, now, and I will speak;
I will ^(D)ask You, and You instruct me.’
⁵ “I have ^(E)heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my ^(F)eye sees You;
⁶ Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”