Job 13:13-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹³ Be quiet, because I want to speak.
Let whatever may happen to me ⌞happen⌟!
¹⁴ I am biting off more than I can chew
and taking my life in my own hands.
¹⁵ If God would kill me, I would have no hope ⌞left⌟.^[a]
Nevertheless, I will defend my behavior to his face.
¹⁶ This also will be my salvation
because no godless person could face him.

¹⁷ “Listen carefully to my words.
Hear my declaration.
¹⁸ I have prepared my case.
I know that I will be declared righteous.
¹⁹ Who can make a case against me?
If someone could, I’d be silent and die.