35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
    (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty (A)answer me!)
    Oh, that I had (B)the indictment written by my adversary!

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“Behold, I am (A)of small account; what shall I answer you?
    (B)I lay my hand on my mouth.
I have spoken (C)once, and I will not answer;
    (D)twice, but I will proceed no further.”

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21 (A)withdraw your hand far from me,
    and let not (B)dread of you terrify me.
22 (C)Then call, and I will answer;
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.

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The Lord Answers Job

38 Then the Lord (A)answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

“Who is this that (B)darkens counsel by words (C)without knowledge?
(D)Dress for action[a] like a man;
    I will question you, and you make it known to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:3 Hebrew Gird up your loins

14 How much less when you say that you (A)do not see him,
    that the case is before him, and you are (B)waiting for him!

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Oh, (A)that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his (B)seat!
I would (C)lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would know what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
Would he (D)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No; he would pay attention to me.
There an upright man could argue with him,
    and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

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23 “Oh that my words were written!
    Oh that they were (A)inscribed in a book!
24 Oh that with an iron (B)pen and lead
    they were engraved in the rock forever!

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Behold, I (A)cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
    I call for help, but there is no justice.

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“Lay down a pledge for me with you;
    who is there who will put up (A)security for me?

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24 Why (A)do you hide your face
    and (B)count me as your enemy?

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(A)But I would speak to the Almighty,
    and I desire to (B)argue my case with God.

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25 (A)Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.

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I Will Bless the Lord

Of David.

26 (A)Vindicate me, O Lord,
    for I have (B)walked in my integrity,
    and I have (C)trusted in the Lord without wavering.

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10 Behold, he finds occasions against me,
    he (A)counts me as his enemy,
11 he (B)puts my feet in the stocks
    and (C)watches all my paths.’

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Behold, I am toward God as you are;
    I too was pinched off from a piece of (A)clay.

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28 I (A)go about darkened, but not by the sun;
    I stand up in (B)the assembly and cry for help.

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“Let my enemy be as the wicked,
    and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

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11 He has kindled his wrath against me
    and (A)counts me as his adversary.

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