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“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words, saying:
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‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
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‘Behold, God finds pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.
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‘He puts my feet in the stocks [to hinder and humiliate me];
He [suspiciously] watches all my paths,’ [you say].
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“Look, let me answer you, in this you are not right or just;
For God is greater and far superior to man.

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“Why do you complain against Him?
That He does not answer [you with] all His doings.