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

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

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]’

⁵ I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.^(A)

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

⁴ I would state my case^(A) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(B)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,^(C)
    and consider what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he vigorously oppose me?^(D)
    No, he would not press charges against me.^(E)
7 There the upright^(F) can establish their innocence before him,^(G)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(H)