³ But I would speak to the Almighty,^[a]
    and I desire to argue my case with God.^(A)

⁴ I would lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(A)

³⁵ O that I had one to hear me!
    (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty^[a] answer me!)
    O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!^(A)

¹³ Why do you contend against him,
    saying, ‘He will answer none of my^[a] words’?^(A)