Job 31:35
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35 (A)Oh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, (B)that the Almighty would answer me,
That my [a]Prosecutor had written a book!
Footnotes
- Job 31:35 Lit. Accuser
Job 40:4-5
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4 “Behold,(A) I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
(B)I lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Job 13:21-22
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21 (A)Withdraw Your hand far from me,
And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
22 Then call, and I will (B)answer;
Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
Job 38:1-3
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The Lord Reveals His Omnipotence to Job(A)
38 Then the Lord answered Job (B)out of the whirlwind, and said:
2 “Who(C) is this who darkens counsel
By (D)words without knowledge?
3 (E)Now [a]prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
Footnotes
- Job 38:3 Lit. gird up your loins like
Job 35:14
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Job 23:3-7
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3 (A)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
6 (B)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Job 19:23-24
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23 “Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
Job 19:7
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7 “If I cry out concerning [a]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
Footnotes
- Job 19:7 violence
Job 17:3
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3 “Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.
Who is he who (A)will shake hands with me?
Job 13:24
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Job 13:3
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3 (A)But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
Matthew 5:25
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25 (A)Agree with your adversary quickly, (B)while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
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Psalm 26:1
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A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption
A Psalm of David.
26 Vindicate (A)me, O Lord,
For I have (B)walked in my integrity.
(C)I have also trusted in the Lord;
I shall not slip.
Job 33:10-11
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10 Yet He finds occasions against me,
(A)He counts me as His enemy;
11 (B)He puts my feet in the stocks,
He watches all my paths.’
Job 33:6
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Footnotes
- Job 33:6 Lit. as your mouth
Job 30:28
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28 (A)I go about mourning, but not in the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
Job 27:7
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7 “May my enemy be like the wicked,
And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
Job 19:11
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11 He has also kindled His wrath against me,
And (A)He counts me as one of His enemies.
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