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“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
    I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
‘I am clean, without disobedience.
    I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
10 Behold, he finds occasions against me.
    He counts me for his enemy.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks.
    He marks all my paths.’

12 “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just,
    for God is greater than man.
13 Why do you strive against him,
    because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

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“You have spoken in my hearing,
    and I have heard your very words.
You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin;
    I am innocent; I have no guilt.
10 God is picking a quarrel with me,
    and he considers me his enemy.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks
    and watches my every move.’

12 “But you are wrong, and I will show you why.
    For God is greater than any human being.
13 So why are you bringing a charge against him?
    Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?

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