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35 O that I had one to hear me!
    (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty[a] answer me!)
    O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 31.35 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

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

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

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The Lord Answers Job

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

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?(B)
Gird up your loins like a man;
    I will question you, and you shall declare to me.(C)

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

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Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his dwelling!(A)
I would lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.(B)
I would learn what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No, but he would give heed to me.
There the upright could reason with him,
    and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(C)

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

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Even when I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I am not answered;
    I call aloud, but there is no justice.(A)

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“Lay down a pledge for me with yourself;
    who is there who will give surety for me?(A)

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 13.3 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

25 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way to court[a] with him, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.(A)

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  1. 5.25 Gk lacks to court

Psalm 26

Plea for Justice and Declaration of Righteousness

Of David.

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

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

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See, before God I am as you are;
    I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.

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28 I go about in sunless gloom;
    I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(A)

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“May my enemy be like the wicked,
    and may my opponent be like the unrighteous.

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

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