⁷ Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

³ Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

⁴ Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

³ Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

⁴ I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

²² Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.