²¹ “Although I am blameless,^(A)
    I have no concern for myself;^(B)
    I despise my own life.^(C)

⁷ though you know that I am not guilty^(A)
    and that no one can rescue me from your hand?^(B)

² “Are all these words to go unanswered?^(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?^(B)

⁴ “I have become a laughingstock^(A) to my friends,^(B)
    though I called on God and he answered^(C)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(D)

⁷ There the upright^(A) can establish their innocence before him,^(B)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(C)

¹⁰ But he knows the way that I take;^(A)
    when he has tested me,^(B) I will come forth as gold.^(C)

⁹ ‘I am pure,^(A) I have done no wrong;^(B)
    I am clean and free from sin.^(C)

³² If you have anything to say, answer me;^(A)
    speak up, for I want to vindicate you.^(B)

⁵ “Job says, ‘I am innocent,^(A)
    but God denies me justice.^(B)