⁷ “Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(A)

³ Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(A)

⁴ “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’^(A)

³ If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!^(A)
4 I would state my case^(B) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(C)

²² Then summon me and I will answer,^(A)
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.^(B)